Monument record MDO1148 - Oval barrow, Long Bottom, Frampton

Site of a possible oval barrow visible as an earthwork and cropmark 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. 'B' - Oval shaped, perhaps due to position on spur of hill.
Diameter 28 x 20 paces, height 7ft. <2>

60ft. in diam and 5ft. high, one of three barrows. Similar information to auth 2, but lesser dimensions. <3>

Three grass covered bowl barrows, with no visible ditches. 'B'. Flinty, and mutilated by rabbits. The barrow is elongated NE-SW; with diameters of 17.0 metres N-S, and 22.0 metres E-W. On the south side it is 2.1 metres high, and on the north 1.2 metres high. A lynchet runs onto the SW quadrant of the barrow. <4>

'B'. SY 60739351. Bowl barrow as described (4) with maximum height of 3.0 metres. All the barrows are under grass and have not been ploughed over.
Re-surveyed at 1:2500 on MSD. <5>

Site of a possible oval barrow visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs. It could be a Middle Neolithic oval barrow type or an elongated Bronze Age bowl barrow. It is one of a group of three possible barrows located at this vicinity (MDO1147-49). <6-8>

<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 Grinsell, L V, 1935-54, Dorset Barrows 1935-54 Manuscript (Unpublished document).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 second (b), 175 yards W. of (a), is about 60 ft. in diam. and 5 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 Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 21-JAN-55 (Unpublished document).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 Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F2 JGB 08-APR-81 (Unpublished document).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> 1972, DCC 212-0036 (Aerial Photograph). SDO11175.

<7> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 4093-95 (Aerial Photograph). SDO11174.

<8> 1997, DCC 30/0095 (Aerial Photograph). SDO11173.

<9> National Record of the Historic Environment, 453574 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Oct 31 2023 3:29PM