Monument record MDO847 - Bowl barrow, Cheselbourne

Possible round barrow set in the angle of a 'Celtic' field. In 1970 it was recorded that the monument was much ploughed, some 85 feet in diameter and two and a half feet high. The barrow is visible as low earthworks on lidar imagery and was digitally recorded during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project.

The site of the Bronze Age barrow is visible as low earthworks on lidar imagery and was digitally recorded during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project. (Environment Agency 2023)

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 1, 79 (Monograph). SDO146.

'(39) Barrow? (77990039), 750 yds S.E. of Bramblecombe Farm at about 400 ft. O.D., on a W.-facing slope, lies at the angle of a 'Celtic' field and has been much ploughed; diam. About 85 ft., ht. 2½ ft.'

<2> Grinsell, L V, 1982, Dorset Barrows Supplement, 37 (Monograph). SWX1703.

‘On MELCOMBE HORSEY boundary. OS Arch. 7 Nov. 1978: on arable. Fits point 30 of Saxon charter CHESELBOURNE I.’

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Dec 11 2025 6:36PM