Monument record MDO2198 - Bowl barrow in Puddletown Forest, Puddletown

Bronze Age bowl barrow. In 1970 this monument was reported as being around 95 feet in diameter with a mound 7½ feet high, and traces of a ditch around it.

One of two bowl barrows with ditches;

`A' - diameter 26 paces, height 7 ft. <2>

One of two bowl barrows planted with firs.

`A' - Diameter 30m height 3.1m surrounded by a ditch 3.0m wide, 0.3m deep and with a central excavation 6.0m diameter, 1.0m deep. <3>

Situated in Puddletown forest on top of a natural knoll. Shallow holes have been dug into the top of the mound and it has been much disturbed by rabbits. 95ft. In diam and 7.5ft. Tall with traces of a ditch.

`A' (28) - SY 73769176. Bowl barrow, 95ft diameter and 7.5ft high with traces of a ditch, has been dug into on the top, and also much disturbed by rabbits. <4>

`A' - SY 73769175: Two bowl barrows in undergrowth, diameter 30.0m, height 2.7m, which has a depression 8.0m. Diameter in centre. Ditch 3.0m wide and 0.2m deep visible on south quadrant only, the rest now merely a terrace. Re-surveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D <5>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1902 (Map). SWX1540.

`A' - SY 73769176, `B' - SY 74219165 Tumulus [OE] [Twice]

<1> 15-SEP-1979, NMR OS/79123 254-5 (Aerial Photograph). SDO10754.

<2> Grinsell, L V, 1935-54, Dorset Barrows 1935-54 Manuscript (Unpublished document). SWX1556.

<3> Swatridge, G C, Various, Field Investigators Comments GCS, F1 GCS 06-DEC-54 (Unpublished document). SWX1169.

<4> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 2, 231 (Monograph). SDO136.

'(28) Bowl (73769176), 365 yds. S.E. of (27), in Puddletown Forest, lies on top of a natural knoll at 250 ft. O.D. Shallow holes have been dug into the top of the mound and it has been much disturbed by rabbits. Diam. 95 ft., ht. 7½ ft. Traces of ditch.'

<5> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F2 JGB 7-NOV-80 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1044796 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Oct 9 2024 4:10PM