Monument record MDO145 - Round barrow on Batcombe Down, Batcombe

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Summary

A Bronze Age bowl barrow, one of a small cluster on Batcombe Down. In 1976 this monument was recorded as a circular patch of flints forming a slight mound.

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

ST 62900383; ST 62970397 Two circular patches of large flints each about 8.0m in diameter and situated in
ploughland on Batcombe Down. There are no soil marks indicative of ditches but both features seem likely to represent the sites of ploughed out barrows. They are not visible on the OS air photograph. Both positioned at 1:10 560. <1>

Grinsell recorded this barrow as 8 paces in diameter with a slight mound. <2>


<1> Attrill, N J, Field Investigators Comments NJA, F1 NJA 28-SEP-76 (Unpublished document). SDO14743.

<1.1> Ordnance Survey, OS/74/087/080 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18908.

<2> Grinsell, L V, 1982, Dorset Barrows Supplement, 33 (Monograph). SWX1703.

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 199272 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <1> Unpublished document: Attrill, N J. Field Investigators Comments NJA. F1 NJA 28-SEP-76.
  • <1.1> Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. OS/74/087/080.
  • <2> Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1982. Dorset Barrows Supplement. 33.
  • <3> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 199272.

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Location

Grid reference ST 6290 0383 (point)
Map sheet ST60SW
Civil Parish Batcombe; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 006 012
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: ST 60 SW 38
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 199272

Record last edited

Nov 25 2022 12:48PM

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