Monument record MDO8075 - Bowl barrow west of Rookery Cottages, Tyneham

A Bronze Age round barrow, one of a group of round barrows west of Povington. In 1970 this monument was reported as being around 100 feet in diameter with a mound about 16 feet high.

'A' - A large turf-covered mound, 37.0m. diameter and 5.0m. high, slightly mutilated at its base on the north by military trenches. Probably natural. <2>

'A'- (23) SY 88628267. Bowl (?) barrow, about 100ft diameter and about 16ft hiegh, on,or incorporating a natural knoll. <3-4>

SY 886827. Two round barrows west of Rookery Cottages. Scheduled. <5>

'A'. SY 88618266. A large conical mound resembling a barrow, but could be a natural mound. Diameter 32.0m., and height 5.0m. Another large but shapeless mound, almost certainly natural, lies a few metres to the south. 'A' and 'B' resurveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. 'C' revised from above measurements (2 and 3) at 1:2500 on M.S.D. <6>

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

('A' - SY 88628266; 'B'-SY 8863806; 'C'-SY88438310) Tumulus (NR) (Three times)

<2> Rigg, J, Field Investigators Comments JR, F1 JR 24-JUL-52 (Unpublished document). SWX1255.

<3> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 138 (Monograph). SDO132.

<4> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 2, 454 (Monograph). SDO149.

‘(23) Bowl (?) (SY 88 SE; 88628267) on or incorporating a natural knoll. Diam. about 100 ft., ht. about 16 ft.’

<5> Department of the Environment, 1977, Department of the Environment (IAM) Ancient Monuments of England Vol 2, 71 (Monograph). SWX2300.

<6> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F2 JGB 29-JUL-81 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<7> National Record of the Historic Environment, 455428 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Feb 28 2024 7:13AM