Monument record MDO2607 - Bowl barrow, Sydling St Nicholas

One of a group of three bowl barrows. In 1952 this monument was reported as being around 39 feet in diameter with a mound about one foot high. The barrow is visible as a very low sub-circular earthwork on a 1947 and 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 62290168. Diameter 22.0m, height 0.5m. Surveyed at 1:2500. <4>

Manuscript annotation to the record card notes: Condition poor, 1 ft high but visible - no ditches. Under pasture. Visited 7/6/83 LJK/MS. <5>

The barrow is visible as a very low sub-circular earthwork on a 1947 and a 1995 aerial photograph <6, 7>. It measures just over 11m in diameter and appears very plough reduced. 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 Stone, J W, Field Investigators Comments JWS, F1 JWS 29-AUG-76 (Unpublished document).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> Royal Air Force, 11-APR-47, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FS 2382-3 (Aerial Photograph). SDO17053.

<7> Ordnance Survey, 13-MAR-95, OS 95033 V 074 (Aerial Photograph). SDO17059.

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 199212 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Nov 2 2024 8:27AM