Monument record MDO6226 - Bowl barrow, West Parley

A round barrow no longer visible as an earthwork. A barbed and tanged arrowhead was found when the barrow was flattened. The dimensions of the barrow are not known. The feature is visible on 1940s aerial photographs and was digitally plotted from these by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

The feature is visible on 1940s aerial photographs (1) where it comprises a 10m in diameter mound and a 1.5m wide outer ditch. The feature was digitally plotted from these aerial photographs by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

(Area centred SZ 07889788) Site of round barrow. Barbed-and-tanged arrowhead found during demolition. (2)

Mr. Calkin's information came from Mr. T. Dayrell-Reed many years ago. Mr. Dayrell-Reed pointed out the site on the map at SZ 07879787, but could not recall any further details. The arrowhead is now lost.

Nothing is visible on the ground, which is pasture field. (3)

SZ 07889789. Listed. No additional information. (4-5)

<1> Royal Air Force, 20-MAR-45, RAF/106G/LA/187 RS 4042-3 (Aerial Photograph). SDO16100.

<2> Calkin, J B, 1949, Annotated Record Map Corr. 6 (J B Calkin 1949) (Map). SWX2587.

<3> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 05-DEC-55 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<3.1> Dayrell Reed, T, Oral: T Dayrell-Reed, Wood Town Farm, West Parley, 25.11.55 (Verbal communication). SDO17297.

<3.2> Calkin, J B, 1955, Oral: J B Calkin 5.12.55, 5.12.55 (Verbal communication). SWX8410.

<4> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 140 (Monograph). SDO132.

<5> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1975, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East), 76 (Monograph). SDO129.

'Monuments (8-13), Round barrows. Six barrows have been recorded within the present limits of the parish, but only three survive ((10), (12) and (13)).

(8) Bowl (07889789), immediately E. of Dudsbury. A barbed and tanged flint arrowhead was found during demolition. No dimensions were recorded'.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 457818 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

May 12 2022 12:52PM