Monument record MDO2554 - Howdes Barrow on Stratton Down, Stratton
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Summary
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Type and Period (1)
Full Description
SY 65519574) Tumulus (NR). (1)
Bowl barrow, 30 feet in diameter and 2.5 feet high situated on Stratton Down, 720 yds south-east of Jackman's Cross. It has been disturbed in the centre. (2)
A tree and grass covered bowl barrow with a large central hollow. Diameter 12 metres, height 1metre. No ditch. (3)
SY 65519575. A bowl barrow listed as `Howde's Barrow' by Grinsell is 10 paces diameter and 3.5ft high with hollow centre. (4)
SY 65509574: bowl barrow as described. The name `Howdes Barrow' is applied to the plantation in which it lies.
Revised at 1:2500 on MSD. (5)
The feature is visible as a low mound just over 10m in diameter with a central hollow in the top on current Environment Agency lidar imagery and was digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Cerne and Piddle Valleys AIM project. <8>
Environment Agency, 16-NOV-2021, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO18034.
<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1930 (Map). SWX1540.
(SY 65519574) Tumulus (NR)
<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 229 (Monograph). SDO97.
‘(17) BOWL BARROW, on Stratton Down near the E. edge of the parish and 720 yards S.E. of Jackman's Cross, is 30 ft. in diam. and 2½ ft. high. It has been disturbed in the middle.’
<3> Swatridge, G C, Various, Field Investigators Comments GCS, F1 GCS 20-JAN-1955 (Unpublished document). SWX1169.
<4> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 132 (Monograph). SDO132.
<5> Attrill, N J, Field Investigators Comments NJA, F2 NJA 30-JAN-1981 (Unpublished document). SDO14743.
<6> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1981, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1979, 140 (Serial). SDO79.
'STRATTON (SY 65519575). Mrs. S. Campbell notes that Howdes Barrow (RCHM monument 17) is mentioned in a 1606 survey of the manor of Charminster. A 1770 copy is in the DCRO, ref. D60/M5).'
<7> National Record of the Historic Environment, 452955 (Digital archive). SDO14739.
Sources/Archives (8)
- --- SDO18034 Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. 16-NOV-2021. LIDAR Environment Agency DTM.
- <1> SWX1540 Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Map 6in. 6 inch to 1 mile. 1930.
- <2> SDO97 Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England. 1952. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West). 229.
- <3> SWX1169 Unpublished document: Swatridge, G C. Various. Field Investigators Comments GCS. F1 GCS 20-JAN-1955.
- <4> SDO132 Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 132.
- <5> SDO14743 Unpublished document: Attrill, N J. Field Investigators Comments NJA. F2 NJA 30-JAN-1981.
- <6> SDO79 Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1981. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1979. 101. 140.
- <7> SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 452955.
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Location
Grid reference | SY 6551 9574 (point) |
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Map sheet | SY69NE |
Civil Parish | Stratton; Dorset |
Unitary Authority | Dorset |
Protected Status/Designation
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 108 017
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 69 NE 33
- Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 452922
- Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Stratton 17
Record last edited
Oct 22 2024 9:26AM