Monument record MDO7047 - Round barrow on Arne Hill, Arne

A levelled barrow situated on Arne Hill. It had a small mound composed of earth , sand and turf, this was reduced during WWII. The quarry ditch surrounding the mound has infilled over the years and survives as a buried feature. The remains of a Bronze Age round barrow are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of Arne Hill in 1947. It appears to have been heavily modified and incorporated as part of the Second World War Heavy Anti Aircraft battery that was located nearby (MWX675).

Bowl Barrow, destroyed by 1948. RCHM (Arne No 12). <1>

The remains of a Bronze Age round barrow are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of Arne Hill in 1947 <7> . The internal mound is approximately 9.6m in diameter and after a gap of 5.5m is surrounded by an outer bank approximately 1.9m wide and 24m in overall diameter. An aerial photograph taken of this area in 1952 <8> indicates that by this time the barrow may have been destroyed or heavily modified and incorporated as part of the Second World War Heavy Anti Aircraft battery that was located nearby (MWX675). This site was digitally plotted during the South West Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Dorset). This feature is not visible on the most recent comprehensive imagery available to the project <9>, the area now being heavily overgrown by vegetation cover.

<1> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 86 (Monograph). SDO132.

<2> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1963 (Map). SWX1540.

('B'-SY 97178807) Tumulus (NR) (Site of)

<3> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 2, 434-5 (Monograph). SDO149.

<4> Department of the Environment, 1978, Department of the Environment (IAM) Ancient Monuments of England (Vol 2) (Monograph). SWX1687.

<5> Papworth, M D J, Trust for Wessex Archaeology, 1983, Isle of Purbeck Survey, IOP 707 (Index). SDO147.

‘Destroyed. Lies in an area of mixed woodland and heathland. 7/7/E.’

<6> English Heritage, English Heritage Schedule Entry, 07/02/1996 (Scheduling record). SDO17387.

<7> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1930 F20 3052-53 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12753.

<8> Royal Air Force, 09-MAY-1952, RAF/540/723 F10 5178-79 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12751.

<9> Google Earth, 2013, Google Earth 2013 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12686.

<10> National Record of the Historic Environment, 456623 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Oct 25 2024 4:42PM