Monument record MDO7116 - Bowl barrow, one of the Broomhill Group, Bere Regis

One of a group of bowl barrows in an irregular line along a ridge. In 1970 this monument was reported as being around 45 feet in diameter with a mound about five feet high.

'D' - SY 86419507. Bowl barrow, 15 paces diameter and 5ft high discovered by L V Grinsell (Not shown on OS plans). <2>

'D' - There is no trace of barrow at this point (SY 86419507) but the natural summit of a hill which is heavily overgrown with bushes. <3>

The Broomhill Group of four, tree covered and damaged bowl barrows in an irregular line on the crest of a spur. 'D' - (87) SY 86419506. 45ft diameter and 5ft high. <4>

Four bowl barrows mutilated and spread by re-afforestation. 'D', at SY 86409506 on a crest on the opposite side of the track, is 14.7 metres in diameter and 1.5 metres high. Surveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. <5>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1902 (Map). SWX1540.

(Centred SY 863950) Tumuli (NR) (three shown)

<2> Grinsell, L V, Dorset Barrows (Unpublished MSs) (Unpublished document). SWX2678.

<3> Rigg, J, Field Investigators Comments JR, F1 JR 12/09/1952 (Unpublished document). SWX1255.

<4> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 436 (Monograph). SDO150.

‘BROOMHILL GROUP (SY 89 NE), four bowls in an irregular line on the crest of a spur jutting E. from Woodbury Hill above 300 ft. All tree-covered and damaged. … (87) (86419506) 50 yds. S.E. of (86). Diam. 45 ft., ht. 5 ft.’

<5> Attrill, N J, Field Investigators Comments NJA, F2 NJA 15/05/1981 (Unpublished document). SDO14743.

<6> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Externally held archive: RCH01/093 RCHME Inventory: Dorset II (South-East) (Unpublished document). SDO17434.

<7> National Record of the Historic Environment, 455783 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Mar 27 2023 12:18PM