Monument record MDO8243 - Late prehistoric round barrow, Hambury Tout, West Lulworth

A mound surrounded by an outer ditch is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs and Lidar imagery of Hambury Tout. It is considered likely to be the site of a late prehistoric round barrow. It is one of three potential round barrows located on Hambury Tout (see also MDO8244-45).

Ditched bowl barrow, 46ft diameter and 4ft high with ditch about 9ft wide, situated on spine of ridge sloping west-north-west. The top of mound is markedly flattened but not obviously opened. <1>

Mound visible on air photographs. <2>

(SY 81198039) Hambury Tout Round Barrows. Scheduled. (This barrow is included in the above scheduling). <3-4>

SY 81198039. Bowl Barrow, diameter 19.5m. overall including a ditch 2.0m. wide and 0.6m. deep. Height of mound is 1.2m. The barrow is grass-covered and well-preserved. Surveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. <5>

A mound, approximately 13.4m in diameter, surrounded by a 1.5m wide outer ditch, is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs <6-8> and Lidar imagery <9> of Hambury Tout. It is considered likely to be the site of a late prehistoric round barrow. It is one of three potential round barrows located on Hambury Tout (see also MDO8244-45). This feature was digitally plotted during the South West Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Dorset).

<1> 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.

<2> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1821 5436-7 (Aerial Photograph). SWX2695.

<3> Department of the Environment, DOE (IAM) Ancient Monuments Record Form, 1972 (Index). SDO17347.

<4> Department of the Environment, 1977, Department of the Environment (IAM) Ancient Monuments of England Vol 2 (Monograph). SWX2300.

<5> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F1 JGB 24-JUL-81 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<6> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1821 F36 5436-7 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12938.

<7> Royal Air Force, 18-FEB-1970, RAF 58/0254 0005-6 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12936.

<8> Channel Coastal Observatory, 15-OCT-2010, CCO Aerial Photographic Coverage 2009 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12622.

<9> Channel Coastal Observatory, 25-FEB-2009, Lidar (Aerial Photograph). SDO12879.

<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 Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Externally held archive: RCH01/093 RCHME Inventory: Dorset II (South-East) (Unpublished document).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, 455674 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Oct 15 2024 3:52PM