Monument record MDO6354 - Bowl barrow, one of the 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 63 feet in diameter with a mound surviving to a height of 5 feet . This barrow was excavated by Richard Colt Hoare in the early 19th century, revealing a skeleton aligned east-west.

A bowl barrow, part of the Oakley Down barrow group (SU 01 NW 19). It was described by RCHME as a mound 63 feet in diameter and 5 feet high. It was dug into in the early 19th century by Cunnington and Hoare (their barrow 15). Hoare's rather concise account is as follows: "In No. 15 we found a skeleton lying east and west."

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

<2> Colt Hoare, Sir Richard, 1975, The ancient history of Wiltshire, 241 (Monograph). SDO18077.

<3> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1975, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East), 103 (Monograph). SDO129.

‘(105) Bowl (01881707), (Hoare No. 15) yielded a skeleton lying E.-W. Diam. 63 ft., ht. 5 ft.’

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1312392 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Oct 3 2022 4:34PM