Monument record MDO8240 - Bowl barrow overlooking St Oswald's Bay, West Lulworth

A bowl barrow situated below the crest of a ridge overlooking St Oswald's Bay to the south. The barrow was recorded by the Ordnance Survey in 1903, LV Grinsell in 1959 and by the RCHME in 1970. It included a mound composed of earth and chalk with maximum dimensions of 25 metres in diameter and about 1.7 metres high. During the 1950s and 1960s the northern area of the barrow was subject to ploughing and, as a result, this part of the mound has been reduced. The barrow mound is now visible as an earthwork 25 metres from east to west, 14 metres from north to south and about 1.25 metres in height. Surrounding the mound is a quarry ditch. This has become infilled over the years, but will survive as a buried feature 2.5 metres wide. Scheduled.

A bowl barrow. No details given. <2>

A grass and furze covered mound, cut by an E-W fence, to the N. of which it has been completely ploughed out. Its present dimensions are, E-W. 15.0 m., and N-S. 10.0m., with a height of 1.7m. There is no trace of a berm or a ditch, and the remaining portion is mutilated by two E-W. footpaths. No surface finds were made during field investigation of this bowl barrow. <3>

SY 80078112. Bowl barrow, about 50 ft and 5 ft high, partly ploughed, immediately east of parish boundary. <6>

"SY 800811. Round barrow north west of Newlands Farm." Scheduled (see also SY 88 SW 15 for barrows at "SY 806816" and "SY 805812"). <7>

SY 80068111. Bowl barrow in arable, but not ploughed over. It measures 21.0m. by 12.0m., with a height of 2.0m.
maximum. Its northern segment has been destroyed. Resurveyed at 1/2500 on MSD. <8>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1903 edition OS map (Map). SWX1540.

Tumulus (NR)

<2> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 10-JUL-52 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<3> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F2 NVQ 05-SEP-52 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<4> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows (Monograph). SDO132.

<5> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1963 (Map). SWX1540.

<6> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 446 (Monograph). SDO150.

<7> 1978, List of ancient monuments in England: Southern England, 71 (Monograph). SWX1558.

<8> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F3 JGB 24-JUL-81 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<9> DCMS, 1999, Scheduled Monument Notification 1999, 19-MAR-1999 (Scheduling record). SDO17351.

<10> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Externally held archive: RCH01/093 RCHME Inventory: Dorset II (South-East) (Unpublished document). SDO17434.

<11> National Record of the Historic Environment, 455606 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Dec 23 2024 4:01PM