Monument record MDO7044 - Bowl barrow, one of the 'Three Barrows' on Middlebere Heath, Arne

The barrow is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs (3-4). The site was digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 435 (Monograph). SDO150.

‘The Three Barrows (SY 98 SW) lie in an E.-W. line within 100 ft. ring contour on S.W. of Middlebere Heath. All are badly damaged … (44) Bowl (?), large (93948441), 25 yds. E. of (43).’

<2> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 86 (Monograph). SDO132.

<3> Royal Air Force, 10-FEB-1945, RAF 106G/LA/128 7058-9 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13468.

<4> National Monuments Record, 18-NOV-2005, NMR SY 9384/5-9 (NMR 24141/15-19) (Aerial Photograph). SDO13515.

<5> Papworth, M D J, Trust for Wessex Archaeology, 1983, Isle of Purbeck Survey, IOP 86 (Index). SDO147.

‘Situated on heathland under a thick growth of gorse. OS SY98SW44. 1/4/D.’

<6> Papworth, M, 1992, Middlebere, Corfe Castle Estate, Dorset. Wessex Region, 15 (Unpublished document). SWX1394.

The east mound of three Bronze Age round barrows called the ‘Three Barrows’ on Woodward’s map (1775). Mutilation of the mound by later disturbance has created an irregular plan for the monument (See 112765). The approximate diameter of the mound is 17m, its height is 1.3m. There is no visible ditch. The site was visited 17/7/1992.

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Jan 20 2025 3:41PM