EDO4752 - Site of Bowl Barrow within Poundbury Camp, Dorchester; field observation 1954

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Location

Grid reference SY 6816 9110 (point)
Map sheet SY69SE
Civil Parish Dorchester; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Organisation

Ordnance Survey

Date

September 1954

Description

A field survey was conducted at the site of a bowl barrow within Poundbury Camp, by J. Rigg of the Ordnance Survey Archaeological Division on the 1 September 1954. His field notes are recorded on the OS record card as follows: 'A ditchless grass covered bowl barrow, 31.0m diameter and averaging 1.5 m high. No “chalk berm or dwarf vallum” could be traced.' (1)

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Index: National Monuments Record. NMR Monument Record. SY 69 SE 69.
  • <1> Index: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Records. SY 69 SE 69.

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Mar 19 2021 12:03PM

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