Monument record MDO8781 - Bowl Barrow, Barnsfield Heath, Hurn, Christchurch

Bowl Barrow, possibly partly destroyed by temporary military works. A low mound is visible at this location on current Lidar imagery may be the remains of the barrow. It was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP.

Bowl Barrow on Barnsfield Heath listed. <2>

The bowl barrow has been apparently destroyed during the constructionof temporary military works. <3>

This barrow, or its site, could not be identified. The area is now part of a densely planted forest of conifers. No military works were visible in the area, but these may have been completely erased by afforestation. There is a possibility that a mound reported by S S Reviser is this barrow. (SZ 19 NW 3). <4>

A low mound is visible at this location on current Lidar imagery may be the remains of the barrow. The mound is located approximately 20m northeast of the current HER location. It was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP <6>.

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1910 (Map). SWX1540.

(SZ 12339947) Tumulus (NR)

<2> Grinsell, L V, 1940, Hampshire Barrows; Proceedings of the Hampshire Field Club and Archaeological Society 14, 361 (Article in serial). SWX3470.

<3> Woodhouse, W C, Various, Field Investigators Comments WCW, F1 WCW 09-JUL-54 (Unpublished document). SWX3798.

<4> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F2 NVQ 18-JUL-62 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<5> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey map 1:10,560, 1972 (Map). SDO18658.

(SZ 12339947) Tumulus (NR) (site of) (NAT)

<6> XX-XXX-2015, Environment Agency DTM Lidar 1m (Aerial Photograph). SDO15442.

<7> Jefferies, Jeff, 1999, The Barrows of Christchurch. Their Past, Present and Future, Appendix 1. Barrow Record 17 (Unpublished document). SDO20590.

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 458362 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Mar 16 2025 8:19AM