Monument record MDO3968 - Bowl barrow North West of Hill Barn, Hilton

A Bronze Age bowl barrow situated on the slope of a broad ridge. In 1970 this monument was reported as being around 40 feet in diameter with a mound about one foot high, and much ploughed. The barrow is visible as very low earthworks on lidar imagery and was digitally recorded during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project.

A cairn on arable land. Drain 14 paces. Ht 2 ft. <2>

A ditchless bowl barrow under the plough. Diameter 18.0m height 0.6m. <3>

(ST) 78230490 Bowl barrow. Much ploughed. Diameter about 40ft, height 1ft. <4>

The barrow is visible as very low earthworks on lidar imagery and was digitally recorded during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project. (EA 2023)

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

(ST 78220490) Tumulus

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 Grinsell, L V, 1935-54, Dorset Barrows 1935-54 Manuscript (Unpublished document).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

<3> Rigg, J, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigator's Comments JR, F1 JR 21-FEB-56 (Unpublished document). SWX1255.

<4> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 1, 113 (Monograph). SDO146.

<5> English Heritage, English Heritage Schedule Entry, 07/08/1996 (Scheduling record). SDO17387.

<6> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows (Monograph). SDO132.

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 201812 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

<9> Environment Agency, 15-DEC-2023, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO20691.

Record last edited

Dec 16 2025 7:31PM