Monument record MDO1144 - Bowl barrow, Frampton, destroyed 1937
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(SY 63549487) Tumuli [NR] (sites of) [NAT] (1)
One of two Bronze Age round barrows in Long Plantation known as Barrow Number 1. It was excavated in 1937 prior to destruction by road widening.
SY 63549487. A bowl barrow, formerly 90 feet in diameter and 10 feet high excavated by V. F. M. Oliver in 1937. The sequence of construction appears to have been.
Primary Phase. A chalk-cut grave had been constructed central to a circular or penannular ditch, 35 feet in diameter, but this had become silted before the barrow was started. The infilling of the grave contained fragmentary human bones, a small undecorated B2 beaker and a crouched inhumation; the human remains, collectively, represented three females and two children.
Secondary Phase. About 12 feet north of the primary grave was a large cinerary urn covered by a chalk and clay mound, 20 feet indiameter and 4 feet high. The urn had been filled with a cremation
and was placed in a circular chalk-cut pit, about 9 inches deep; in the top filling of this vessel a small pygmy or incense cup was seen. Higher up in the mound was a reddish-coloured biconical urn containing a cremation and immediately to the east of this stood a small buff-coloured pot which contained two smaller vessels, one inside the other. At a later period the mound had been enlarged with layers of clay, flint and chalk to its present (1937) size and an outer ditch was then constructed. About 2 feet below the surface of this enlarged barrow was a crouched burial with no associated finds. In view of the proximity of the Roman road (RR 47), Oliver suggested that it may possibly have been Roman. Finds from this barrow were deposited in Dorset County Museum Acc. No. 1937.82. (2-3)
Part of the barrow remains, at SY 63539487, just west of the road; it is the western segment measuring 15 metres north-south by 8.5 metres east-west, and 1.6 metres high.
Surveyed at 1/2500 on MSD. (4)
The secondary crouched inhumation was found close to the top of the mound. No grave goods were found with it but due to its location is thought to be early Medieval in date. (5)
<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 116 (Monograph). SDO97.
'(10) Barrows, in Long Plantation over 1/2 m. E. of the church, were two in number. They have been recently destroyed for a new road but were previously excavated by Messrs. Oliver, Selby and Kirk'.
<2> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1959, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1958, 111-132 (Serial). SDO58.
<3> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 109 (Monograph). SDO132.
<4> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1963 (Map). SWX1540.
(SY 63549487) Tumuli [NR] (sites of) [NAT]
<5> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F1 JGB 10-APR-1981 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.
<6> Cherryson, A K, 2006, Gazetteer of Early Medieval Sites, 29 (Unpublished document). SDO17464.
<7> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1457227 (Digital archive). SDO14739.
Sources/Archives (7)
- <1> SDO97 Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England. 1952. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West). 116.
- <2> SDO58 Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1959. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1958. 80. 111-132.
- <3> SDO132 Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 109.
- <4> SWX1540 Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Map 6in. 6 inch to 1 mile. 1963.
- <5> SDO11900 Unpublished document: Barton, J G. Various. Field Investigators Comments JGB. F1 JGB 10-APR-1981.
- <6> SDO17464 Unpublished document: Cherryson, A K. 2006. Gazetteer of Early Medieval Sites. 29.
- <7> SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 1457227.
Finds (8)
- POT (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 2450 BC to 1601 BC)
- BICONICAL URN (Early Bronze Age to Middle Bronze Age - 1750 BC to 1501 BC)
- PYGMY CUP (Early Bronze Age to Middle Bronze Age - 1750 BC to 1501 BC)
- PYGMY CUP (Early Bronze Age to Middle Bronze Age - 1750 BC to 1501 BC)
- PYGMY CUP (Early Bronze Age to Middle Bronze Age - 1750 BC to 1501 BC)
- COLLARED URN (Early Bronze Age to Middle Bronze Age - 1900 BC to 1501 BC)
- PYGMY CUP (Early Bronze Age to Middle Bronze Age - 1900 BC to 1501 BC)
- ANIMAL REMAINS (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 2450 BC to 2201 BC)
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
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Location
Grid reference | SY 6353 9488 (point) |
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Map sheet | SY69SW |
Civil Parish | Frampton; Dorset |
Unitary Authority | Dorset |
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 046 010 A
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 69 SW 33
- Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 1457227
- Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Frampton 10
Record last edited
Mar 18 2022 1:39PM