Monument record MDO4194 - Bowl barrow east of Blandford Reservoir, Langton Long Blandford and Tarrant Monkton

The remains of a bowl barrow. The barrow mound measures 15 metres in diameter and 1.5 metres high. The surrounding ditch survives as a slight depression on the north eastern side. A hollow in the top of the mound may indicate past excavation. The record for this monument has been enhanced with support from Wessex Water. The feature is visible as a sub-oval earthwork on Environment Agency lidar imagery and was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM Project.

(ST 91260731) Tumulus (NR). <4, 5>

A bowl barrow on the parish boundary with Tarrant Monkton. It is 50 ft in diameter and 5 ft high. <3>

ST 91260732. The remains of a bowl barrow. The barrow mound measures 15 metres in diameter and 1.5 metres high. The surrounding ditch survives as a slight depression on the north eastern side. A hollow in the top of the mound may indicate past excavation. Scheduling amended. <5>

A bowl barrow 620m south east of Langton Lodge Farm. The barrow lies on the crest of a chalk ridge within Blandford Camp on the parish boundary between Langton Long Blandford and Tarrant Monkton. The barrow has a mound 15m in diameter and 1.5m high, surrounded by a quarry ditch, from which material was derived for its construction, visible as a slight depression on the north eastern side but elsewhere surviving as a buried feature 2m wide. A slight depression on the top of the mound may indicate former excavation although there are no records of any finds.

In 1972 this monument was reported as having a diameter of around 50 feet and a mound standing approximately 5 feet high.

The record for this monument has been enhanced with support from Wessex Water.

The feature is visible as a sub-oval earthwork on Environment Agency lidar imagery and was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM Project [7].

<2> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 116 (Monograph). SDO132.

<3> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1972, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume IV (North), 45 (Monograph). SDO99.

'(11) Bowl (91260732), on the parish boundary with Tarrant Monkton, lies on the crest of a N.-S. Chalk ridge, 360 ft. above O.D. Diam. 50 ft., ht. 5 ft.'

<4> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 1:10,000 scale map, 1976 (Map). SDO17396.

<5> DCMS, 2002, Scheduled Monument Notification EH Scheduling amendment, 03-SEP-2002, EH Scheduling amendment, 03-SEP-2002 (Scheduling record). SDO18493.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 209349 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

<7> Environment Agency, 16-NOV-2021, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO18034.

Record last edited

Dec 12 2024 4:19PM