Monument record MDO2201 - Bowl barrow in Puddletown Forest, Puddletown

A Bronze Age bowl barrow situated on the southern slope of a ridge at the western edge of Puddletown Forest. In 1970 this monument was reported as being around 25 feet in diameter with a mound about 3 feet high, and very overgrown. The centre of the mound has been dug into, presumably in the course of antiquarian investigation.

A bowl barrow cut into by the road on the north side. 7 paces diam. 3 ft high. <2>

A tree covered bowl barrow. Diameter 7.0 metres height 1.0 metres. No sign of ditch or excavation. The north-west side of the barrow has been destroyed by a forestry road. <3>

SY 7330 9291 Bowl barrow, 25 ft diameter and 3ft high, much overgrown and dug in the centre, situated on the west edge of Puddletown forest on the south slope of a ridge. <4>

SY 7329 9291. No change (3). No visible ditch. Re-surveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. <5>

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

(SY 7329 9292) Tumulus (NR)

<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 Grinsell, L V, 1935-54, Dorset Barrows 1935-54 Manuscript (Unpublished document).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 Swatridge, G C, Various, Field Investigators Comments GCS, F1 GCS 06-DEC-54 (Unpublished document).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.

'(31) Bowl (73309291), on the W. edge of Puddletown Forest, lies on the S. slope of a ridge just above 400 ft. O.D. The centre has been dug into and the whole mound is very much overgrown. Diam. 25 ft., ht. 3 ft.'

<5> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F2 JGB 07-NOV-80 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 455019 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Dec 7 2024 7:43AM