Monument record MDO8584 - Robin Hood's Barrow, Bournemouth

Robin Hood's Barrow. Excavated before 1931 by AR Mangen estate agent and ? Lionel Patton; nothing found. <2>

Robin Hood's Barrow. Diameter 30 feet. Height 4 feet. <3>

No visible remains. Site now is private garden. <4>

Robin Hood's Barrow (tumulus) is marked on the Ordnance Survey 25-inch map epochs 6-9. <6-9>

Robin Hood's Barrow measured 30 feet in diameter and 4 feet high. It was excavated before 1931 by A. R. Mangen, estate agent and ?Lionel Patton. Nothing was found. There are now no visible remains and the site is in a private garden. <5>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1931-8 (Map). SWX1540.

SZ 0793 9256: Robin Hood's Barrow, tumulus (NR) (Site of)

<2> Calkin, J B, 1949, Annotated Record Map Corr. 6 (J B Calkin 1949) (Map). SWX2587.

<3> Wallace, W G, Rec 6", 1919-23 (Map). SDO17466.

And private notes

<4> Colquhoun, F D, Field Investigators Comments FDC, F1 FDC 15-NOV-51 (Unpublished document). SWX2609.

<5> National Monuments Record, NMR Monument Record, SZ 09 SE 11 (Index). SDO9937.

<6> Ordnance Survey, 1864, 1886, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one (Map). SDO10239.

<7> Ordnance Survey, 1900, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch two (Map). SDO11594.

<8> Ordnance Survey, 1923-33, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch three (Map). SDO11595.

<9> Ordnance Survey, 1934-38, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch four (Map). SDO11596.

<10> National Record of the Historic Environment, 458098 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Aug 29 2024 4:32PM