Monument record MDO7263 - Bowl barrow, Chaldon Herring

A round barrow crossed by the parish boundary between Chaldon Herring and Owermoigne. In 1970 this monument was reported as being around 36 feet in diameter with a mound about 1½ feet high.

A probable barrow of? Bowl-type at SY 77918415 situated in the hedge line on the parish boundary is about 36ft diameter x 1 1/2ft high. <1> <3>

B: SY 77918414. The remains of a barrow, almost destroyed, now part of a hedgebank. It measures 11.0m. By 4.0m., with a height of 0.8m. No visible ditch. Resurveyed at 1:2500 on MSD. <4>

<1> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 98 (Monograph). SDO132.

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

(SY 77918414) Tumulus (NR)

<3> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 441 (Monograph). SDO150.

‘(49) Barrow (?) (SY 78 SE; 77918415) in hedge on parish boundary with Owermoigne 167 yds. E. of (48). Diam. about 36 ft., ht. 1½ ft.’

<4> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F1 JGB 17-JUL-80 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<5> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Externally held archive: RCH01/093 RCHME Inventory: Dorset II (South-East) (Unpublished document). SDO17434.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 454223 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

May 15 2023 4:45PM