Monument record MDO6749 - Bowl barrow, Lodge Hill, Canford Heath, Poole

A ditched bowl barrow on Canford Heath, damaged with a hollow on top. The barrow is visible on current Lidar imagery and was digitally plotted from this source by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

A heather covered bowl barrow, diameter 15.0m., height 1.0m. Around the west and south-west quadrants there is a ditch which averages 1.3m. wide and 0.2m. deep. There is a small hole in the top of the mound. (1)

The barrow is visible on current Lidar imagery (3). The feature comprises a slightly elliptical mound 14.6m long by 10.5m wide. A cresentic partial ditch between 1m and 1.6m wide is visible on its south-west side. The feature is located on the edge of a low south-facing scarp and is bounded on its north side by a vehicular access road, which may slightly truncate it (3).

The feature was digitally plotted from current Lidar imagery by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

<1> National Monuments Record, NMR Monument Record, SZ 09 NW 38 (Index). SDO9937.

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 448 (Monograph). SDO150.

'Ditched Bowl (?) (SZ 09 NW; 03039530) on S. edge of Canford Heath plateau above 200 ft. Diam. 36 ft., ht. 3.5 ft. Hollowed on top and much damaged.'

<3> Environment Agency, XX-XXX-2015, Environment Agency DTM Lidar 50cm (Aerial Photograph). SDO15306.

Record last edited

Jan 22 2025 12:55PM