Monument record MDO7145 - Bowl barrow, Bere Regis

A ring-ditch interpreted as a probable Bronze Age round barrow. In 1970 this monument was recorded as being 66 feet in diameter, and visible only as a cropmark.

('A' - SY 86179641) "A single circular cropmark in clover Sept 1948". <1>

'A' - Not visible in area under weeds. <2>

'A' - (116) - SY 86179643. Barrow? Visible only as a crop-mark circle, 66ft diameter. <3>

The barrows are presently under crop and inaccessible. 'A'. Not visible, not discernibe on air photographs and not mentioned by Grinsell. <4>

SY 86059639 Three bowl barrows 515m SE of East Field Farm, the easternmost known as Bolton's Barrow. The barrows each have a mound composed of earth, flint and chalk with maximum dimensions of between 30m-32m in diameter and between c.0.35-0.6m high. <5>

<1> Anon, Undated, Pte 6 inch Dorset County Museum (Anon undated) (Map). SWX2203.

<2> Swatridge, G C, Various, Field Investigators Comments GCS, F1 GCS 15-NOV-54 (Unpublished document). SWX1169.

<3> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 437 (Monograph). SDO150.

‘(116) Barrow (?) 86179643) 97 yds. E.N.E. of (115). Visible only as a crop-mark circle, diam. 66 ft.’

<4> Attrill, N J, Field Investigators Comments NJA, F2 NJA 28-MAY-81 (Unpublished document). SDO14743.

<4.1> Ordnance Survey, 18-APR-1980, OS 80/021 220-2 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19633.

<4.2> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 88 (Monograph). SDO132.

<5> Historic England, Scheduled Monument Notification, 17-Mar-97 (Scheduling record). SDO17468.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 455720 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Jan 20 2025 3:00PM