Monument record MDO2606 - Bowl barrow on Cross Hill, Sydling St Nicholas

One of a group of three bowl barrows. In 1952 this monument was reported as being around 57 feet in diameter with a mound about 3 feet high. The barrow is visible as a sub-oval earthwork within a sub-rectangular grassed area left clear of ploughing on a 1995 aerial photograph and was digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Frome AIM project.

Two bowl barrows on Cross Hill. That to the west is 57 feet in diameter by 3 feet high, the other 39 feet in diameter by 1 foot high. <1-2>

Two grass-covered bowl barrows prominently sited on a small spur. Both are much spread by ploughing and have no visible ditches. ST 62261067. Diameter 26.0m, height 0.8m … Surveyed at 1:2500. <4>

DHER record card notes DoE Schedule file ref. AA 61684/1, received 04/05/62. Manuscript annotation to record card notes: Condition fair - still 3 ft high. Under pasture. Visited 7/6/83 LJK/MS. <5>

The barrow is visible as a sub-oval 17.2m by 13m earthwork within a sub-rectangular grassed area left clear of ploughing on a 1995 aerial photograph <6>. It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Frome AIM project.

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 235-236 (Monograph). SDO97.

<2> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 133 (Monograph). SDO132.

<3> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1962 (Map). SWX1540.

(ST 62260167; ST 62290168) Tumuli (NR)

<4> Stone, J W, Field Investigators Comments JWS, F1 JWS 29-AUG-76 (Unpublished document). SDO11902.

<5> DCC SMR, to 2003, Former DCC SMR Card Index (Index). SWX8285.

<6> Ordnance Survey, 13-MAR-95, OS 95033 V 074 (Aerial Photograph). SDO17059.

<7> National Record of the Historic Environment, 199212 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Nov 2 2024 8:27AM