Monument record MDO7121 - Bowl barrow, Bere Regis

One of a row of three mounds on a low rise interpreted as Bronze Age round barrows and lying within the remains of a prehistoric field system. In 1970 this monument was reported as being around 54 feet in diameter with a low mound, much reduced by ploughing. The site is visible as a low earthwork mound on lidar imagery and was digitally recorded during the Dorset Upper Cerne and Piddle AIM Project.

Three ditchless round barrows on Roke Down marked on OS 1" 1811. 'C' - SY 81989645. Bowl barrow, 16.0m diameter and 0.5m high. <1>

Three round barrows situated on Roke Down in an area of 'Celtic' fields (see SY 89 NW 12). All are nearly flattened by modern ploughing. 'C' - (92) - SY 81999645. Bowl (?) barrow, 54 ft diameter. <2> <4>

'C'. SY 81989645. Bowl barrow as described, in arable. 'A' and 'C' resurveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. <5>

A group of three plough-damaged bowl barrows on Roke Down. The barrow mounds are each composed of earth, flint and chalk and measure up to 20-22 metres in diameter and 0.5 metres in height. The group forms part of a wider group of 11 barrows, which together form a round barrow cemetery on Roke Down. Scheduled. <6>

The site is visible as a low earthwork mound on lidar imagery <9> and was digitally recorded during the Dorset Upper Cerne and Piddle AIM Project.

<1> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 15-NOV-54 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<2> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 90 (Monograph). SDO132.

<3> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1968 (Map). SWX1540.

(Centred SY 819964) Tumuli (NR) three shown

<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.

‘Bowls (?), three (SY 89 NW), on O.S. (1811), on Roke Down on crest and slopes of low rise above 200 ft. among Ancient Field Group (30). Nearly flattened by modern ploughing. … (92) (81999645) 40 yds. S.E. of (91). Diam. 54 ft.’

<5> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F2 JGB 15-MAY-81 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<6> Historic England, Scheduled Monument Notification, 09-Mar-01 (Scheduling record). SDO17468.

<7> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Externally held archive: RCH01/093 RCHME Inventory: Dorset II (South-East) (Unpublished document). SDO17434.

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 455875 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

<9> Environment Agency, 15-DEC-2023, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO20691.

Record last edited

Jan 20 2025 11:24AM