Monument record MDO6349 - Bowl Barrow, Oakley Down Group, Wimborne St Giles

Bowl barrow forming part of the Oakley Down Group. In 1975 the RCHM(E) reported that the monument was 48 feet in diameter, with a mound surviving to a height of 5 feet. Excavated by Richard Colt Hoare in the early 19th century, and reported to have contained a cremation burial in a cist, with two perforated bone pins now in Devizes Museum.

A bowl barrow, part of the Oakley Down barrow group (SU 01 NW 19). It was described by RCHME as a mound 48 feet in diameter and 5 feet high. It was excavated in the early 19th century by Cunnington and Hoare (their barrow 19), and according to Hoare it "contained, within a round cist cut in the chalk, the burned bones of one body, and two very small arrow-heads". These objects, now in Devizes Museum, are in fact perforated bone pins.

<1> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 144 (Monograph). SDO132.

<2> Annable, F K and Simpson, D D A, 1964, A guide catalogue of the Neolithic and Bronze Age collections in Devizes museum, 57, 111, Nos. 379-80 (Unpublished document). SDO18620.

<3> Colt Hoare, Sir Richard, 1975, The ancient history of Wiltshire, 242 (Monograph). SDO18077.

<4> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1975, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East), 103 (Monograph). SDO129.

‘(100) BOWL (01671708), (Hoare No. 19) covered a primary cremation with two perforated bone pins (Devizes Mus. Cat., 1964, Nos. 379–80); diam. 48 ft., ht. 5 ft.’

<5> Bowen, H C, 1990, The Archaeology of Bokerley Dyke (Monograph). SWX800.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1312371 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Mar 7 2024 7:13PM