Monument record MDO1147 - Bowl barrow in Compton Bottom, Frampton

Site of a Bronze Age bowl barrow visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs. It is one of a group of three possible barrows located at this vicinity (MDO1147-49).

'A' - SY 60669348, 'B' - SY 60729351 and 'C' - SY 60889354. Three bowl barrows.
'C' - Diameter 22 paces, height 9ft. <2>

Bowl barrow, it is the easternmost of three, 54ft. In diam and 4.5ft. High. Similar information to auth 2, but lesser dimensions. <3>

Three grass covered bowl barrows, with no visible ditches. 'C' - This barrow has depressions in the top, S.E., and S.W. quadrants, as if excavated. Diameter 19.0 metres; height on W 2.0m, height on east where a lynchet joins the barrow, 0.6m. <4>

'C'. SY 60899354. Bowl barrow as described by <4>. All the barrows are under grass and have not been ploughed over. Re-surveyed at 1:2500 on MSD. <5>

Site of a Bronze Age bowl barrow visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs. It is one of a group of three possible barrows located at this vicinity (MDO1147-49). It appears to have been incorporated into a lynchet of the surrounding Iron Age/Romano British field system. <6>

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

(Group centred at SY 60769350) 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 Grinsell, L V, 1935-54, Dorset Barrows 1935-54 Manuscript (Unpublished document).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), 116 (Monograph). SDO97.

'(12) BOWL BARROWS, near the W. boundary of the parish and 1½ m. S.W. of the church, are three in number. The easternmost (a) is about 54 ft. in diam. and 4½ ft. high.'

<4> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 21-JAN-55 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<5> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F2 JGB 08-APR-81 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<6> Royal Air Force, 09-MAR-1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2475 4239-41 (Aerial Photograph). SDO11169.

<7> National Record of the Historic Environment, 453574 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Oct 31 2023 3:23PM