Monument record MDO1277 - Bowl barrow in the Black Down Group, Kingston Russell

A bowl barrow, part of a loose scatter of barrows, and located immediately adjacent to a probable bank barrow. It was described by the Ordnance Survey in 1955 as a ditchless mound 8 metres in diameter and 0.3 metres high.

A bowl barrow, part of a loose scatter of barrows. Located immediately adjacent to the probable bank barrow, it is listed by RCHME as Kingston Russell 6k and by Grinsell as Kingston Russell 8. It was described by the Ordnance Survey in 1955 as a ditchless mound 8 metres in diameter and 0.3 metres high. (NB this barrow was originally described as part of SY 59 SE 48 (barrow 'G'). That record should be consulted for additional sources and information. <1-4>

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 129 (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… (k) bowl barrow with a ditch, 50 yards E.N.E. of (j), is 25 ft. in diam. and 1¾ ft. high.’

<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 Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 03-MAY-1955 (Unpublished document).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 28 (Index). SDO12304.

The barrow survives as a faint swelling, reduced and spread by ploughing 0.1m high, with an unsurveyable diameter. A number of large flints were present around the barrow which is situated in a field of recently sown grass. 7/6/E

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 Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010 (Unpublished document).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

<7> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1316275 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Dec 19 2023 4:47PM