Monument record MDO7864 - Bowl barrow south of Pomphrey's Plantation, Steeple

A bowl barrow on a slight rise. In 1970 this monument was reported as 43 feet in diameter with a mound about 4 feet high, and surrounded by a tree enclosure.

Bowl barrow at SY 90158257, just south of Pomphrey's Plantation. Diameter 43 feet, height 4 feet. It is tree-covered and is surrounded by a tree-clump enclosure. <2>

SY 901826. Round barrow in Pomphrey's Plantation. Scheduled. <3>

SY 90158255. A round barrow situated on a high point in woodland, it measures approximately 19.0m in diameter and about 1.2m high. A narrow earthen bank up to 0.5m high externally follows the circumference of the mound except on the north side where it links into an enclosure bank. Published 1:2500 survey revised. <5>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1929 (Map). SWX1540.

(SY 90158256) Tumulus (NR)

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 451 (Monograph). SDO150.

‘(19) Bowl (SY 98 SW; 90158257) on summit of slight rise defined by 200 ft. ring contour just S. of Pomphrey's Plantation. Diam. 43 ft., ht. 4 ft., surrounded by tree-clump enclosure and tree-covered.’

<3> Department of the Environment, 1977, Department of the Environment (IAM) Ancient Monuments of England Vol 2, 69 (Monograph). SWX2300.

<4> Papworth, M D J, Trust for Wessex Archaeology, 1983, Isle of Purbeck Survey, IOP 189 (Index). SDO147.

‘Tree covered barrow on army land. 1/2/C.’

<5> Fletcher, Martin, Field investigator's comments MJF, F1 MJF 29-APR-86 (Unpublished document). SDO17630.

<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 Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Externally held archive: RCH01/093 RCHME Inventory: Dorset II (South-East) (Unpublished document).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, 456978 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Oct 9 2024 5:17PM