Monument record MDO107 - Bowl barrow south east of Eggardon, Askerswell

A Bronze Age bowl barrow, one of a group of five barrows to the south east of Eggardon. In 1952 this monument was recorded as being around 30 feet in diameter with a mound about one foot high.

'D, E & F'. Three bowl barrows with respective diameters of 9, 10 & 12 paces, and from 3 ins to 1 ft high. <2>

These barrows are on arable ground: A and B in areas of grass, the others under a hay crop. E: This bowl barrow is almost ploughed out; it has a diameter of 9.0m, and a height of 0.1m. <4>

Six bowl barrows listed, details as Auth 2. <5>

SY 549940. Three round barrows W of Two Gates. Scheduled. (Barrows B, C and F). Three more round barrows originally part of the group
and recorded by RCHME as being circa 1 ft high are now ploughed out. Visited in 1958. <6-7>

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

[Group centred SY 54909394] Tumuli (NR) Tumuli (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 Grinsell, L V, 1935-54, Dorset Barrows 1935-54 Manuscript (Unpublished document).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.

'(19) GROUP OF BARROWS, near the N.E. boundary of the parish and ½ m. S.E. of (12), are five in number. ... (d), bowl barrow, 20 yards S. of (c), is 30 ft. in diam. and 1 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 Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 20-MAY-55 (Unpublished document).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> Department of the Environment, Inspector of Ancient Monuments (IAM) Record Form, 1958 (Scheduling record). SDO17470.

<7> Department of the Environment, 1978, Department of the Environment (IAM) Ancient Monuments of England (Vol 2) (Monograph). SWX1687.

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 451419 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Oct 30 2023 4:07PM