Monument record MDO6764 - Bowl Barrow, Arrowsmith Coppice, Poole

The southernmost of two bowl barrows that stand on a knoll in Arrowsmith Coppice. The mound is recorded as about 19m in diameter and 1.8m high, with a slight traces of a ditch on the southeast side.

SZ 01899677. Diameter 66 ft. Height 6 ft. Ditch visible on south-east. These two barrows stand on a small knoll recently cleared of pines. <1>

Bowl barrows. <3>

B: A tree covered bowl barrow with unsurveyable traces of a ditch on the south-east. Diameter of mound 18.0m., height 1.6m. <4>

'B' - (383) - SZ 01899677. Bowl barrow, 54ft diameter and 5ft. high, in Arrowsmith Coppice. <5>

'B'. SZ 01889677. Bowl barrow, diameter 19.0 metres height 1.8 metres. Neither barrow has a visible ditch. Resurveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. <6>

Two bowl barrows. No change to description of auth. 6. <7>

<1> Wallace, W G, 1919-23, Bournemouth Natural Science Society 6" map and private notes (Article in serial). SDO17433.

<2> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1938 (Map). SWX1540.

(SZ 01889679; SZ 01899677) Tumuli (NR)

<3> Grinsell, L V, 1935-54, Dorset Barrows 1935-54 Manuscript (Unpublished document). SWX1556.

<4> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 OS NVQ 14-NOV-55 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<5> 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.

'(383) Bowl (SZ 09 NW; 01899677) in Arrowsmith Coppice at end of low ridge above gentle N. slope. Diam. 54 ft., ht. 5 ft.'

<6> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F2 JGB 12-JUN-81 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<7> Wardale, C F, Various, Field Investigators Comments CFW, F3 CFW 09-JAN-87 (Unpublished document). SWX2704.

<8> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Externally held archive: RCH01/093 RCHME Inventory: Dorset II (South-East) (Unpublished document). SDO17434.

<9> National Record of the Historic Environment, 457977 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Jan 17 2025 4:21PM