Monument record MDO1276 - Bowl barrow in the Black Down Group, Kingston Russell

A bowl barrow, part of a loose scatter of barrows. Listed by RCHME as Kingston Russell 6j and by Grinsell as Kingston Russell 7, it is located immediately adjacent to the probable bank barrow. Ordnance Survey field investigation in 1955 described it as a ditchless mound 12 metres in diameter and 0.5 metre high. <1-3>

Site of a Bronze Age bowl barrow at Black Down. The site is visible as earthworks and cropmarks on aerial photographs. <7-9>

Mound, much disturbed but probably a bowl barrow, 35ft. In diam and 2.5ft. High. There is a wide sinking in the middle.

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 128-9 (Monograph). SDO97.

‘(6) GROUP OF BARROWS between the 500 and 600 ft. contours on or near the top of a ridge to the W. of Black Down and ¾ m. N.E. of Kingston Russell House. … (j) mound, much disturbed but probably a bowl barrow, 110 yards S.E. of (e), is 35 ft. in diam. and 2½ ft. high; there is a wide sinking in the middle.’

<2> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 03-MAY-1955 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<3> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 115 (Monograph). SDO132.

<4> Bailey, C J, 1980, Excavation of three round barrows in the parish of Kingston Russell; Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society (Article in serial). SDO18030.

<5> Papworth, M, 1983, The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey, SDR 26 (Index). SDO12304.

Much reduced and spread by ploughing. 0.3m high and 15.0m diameter and under a fresh growth of grass when visited. 7/4/D

<6> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010 (Unpublished document). SDO12407.

<7> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 5099-100 (Aerial Photograph). SDO11149.

<8> 23-APR-1980, NMR SY 5790/7-9 (1749/063-5) (Aerial Photograph). SDO11152.

<9> Royal Air Force, 09-MAR-1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2475 3063-4 (Aerial Photograph). SDO11112.

<10> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1316270 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Dec 19 2023 4:33PM