Monument record MDO8041 - Bowl barrow, Turners Puddle

A bowl barrow, diameter 25 paces and height 5 1/2 ft. <2>

This barrow has a diameter of 22.0 metres and a height of 1.4 metres and has no surrounding ditch. It has been badly mutilated by tank tracks and is now planted over with young coniferous trees. Bowl barrow. <3>

SY 8332 9122. 'Round Barrow', bowl barrow, 50 ft diameter and 6ft high, much damaged. <4>

SY 8332 9121. No change. Diameter 22.0 metres; height 1.4 metres. Resurveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. <5>

SY 83329121. A bowl barrow in East Plantation, on Turner's Puddle Heath. The barrow mound measures a maximum of 22 metres in diameter and 1.2 metres high. Scheduling amended. <6>

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

(SY 8332 9121) Round Barrow (Tumulus) (NR)

<2> Grinsell, L V, 1935-54, Dorset Barrows 1935-54 Manuscript (Unpublished document). SWX1556.

<3> Rigg, J, Field Investigators Comments JR, F1 JR 11-SEP-52 (Unpublished document).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, 454 (Monograph). SDO150.

'(17) Round Barrow, bowl (SY 89 SW; 83329122) on N. spur from ridge. Diam. 50 ft., ht. 6 ft. Much damaged.'

<5> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F2 JGB 12-FEB-81 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<6> English Heritage, English Heritage Scheduling Amendment, 24-JUL-2002 (Scheduling record). SDO17245.

<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 Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Externally held archive: RCH01/093 RCHME Inventory: Dorset II (South-East) (Unpublished document).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, 456300 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Mar 24 2023 3:29PM