Monument record MDO101 - Barrow at Coombe Bottom, Askerswell

Site of a disturbed barrow, visible as an earthwork mound on aerial photographs. In 1952 this barrow was described as around 51 feet in diameter with a mound about 2 feet high.

A bowl barrow, truncated. Diameter 18 paces, height 2 ft. <2>

A grass covered bowl barrow with no visible ditch. The mound is flat on top, and has a diameter of 15.0m, and a height of 0.6m. <4>

Grinsell recorded this barrow as 18 paces in diameter and 2 feet in height, and truncated. <5>

Site of a disturbed barrow, visible as an earthwork mound on aerial photographs. <2>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1903 (Map). SWX1540.

[SY 54289372] Tumulus (NR)

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 Grinsell, L V, 1935-54, Dorset Barrows 1935-54 Manuscript (Unpublished document).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

<3> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 15 (Monograph). SDO97.

'(16) MOUND, possibly a disturbed barrow, 30 yards S.W. of (13), is about 51 ft. In diam. and 2 ft. high.'

<4> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 20-MAY-55 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<5> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 87 (Monograph). SDO132.

<6> 20-JUL-1989, NMR OS/89389 040-1 (Aerial Photograph). SDO11408.

<7> National Record of the Historic Environment, 451416 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Aug 16 2023 3:08PM