Monument record MDO8254 - Bowl barrow, West Lulworth

'A' and 'B' Bowl barrows, the eastern half of 'A' being ploughed. 'B'. A grass covered mound, with no trace of a berm or a ditch. Diameter 19.0m., heigh 0.5m. No surface finds were made during field investigation of this bowl barrow. <3>

'B' (49) - SY 83318299. Bowl (?) barrow, about 45ft. diameter and 1 1/2ft. high. Ploughed. <4>

'B' measures 13.2m. by 10.0m. and 0.3m. high. Revised at 1:2500 on M.S.D. <5>

Barrow 'B' at SY 83318299 has now been ploughed out. <6>

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

('A' - SY 8338307; 'B' - SY 83318299) Tumuli (NR)

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 Grinsell, L V, 1935-54, Dorset Barrows 1935-54 Manuscript (Unpublished document).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

<3> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F2 NVQ 20-SEP-52 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<4> 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.

'(50) Bowl (?) (SY 88 SW; 83338307) on same ridge as (49), 90 yds. N.N.E. Diam. About 40 ft., ht. 1½ ft. Partly in hedgerow on E. Ploughed.'

<5> Attrill, N J, Field Investigators Comments NJA, F3 NJA 28-AUG-81 (Unpublished document). SDO14743.

<6> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Large Scale/Small Scale Map Reviser's comments, October 1991 (Verbal communication). SDO19451.

<7> National Record of the Historic Environment, 455551 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Jan 22 2024 1:39PM