Monument record MDO1408 - Bowl barrow, Littlebredy

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Summary

A slight mound interpreted as a possible Bronze Age round barrow.

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Area SY 587869. Little Bredy 31b. Two barrows shown on OS 1" 1811. "Low light traces" reported by Rodney Legg in 1980. <1>


<1> Grinsell, L V, 1982, Dorset Barrows Supplement, 34 (Monograph). SWX1703.

<1.1> Ordnance Survey, 1811, Ordnance Survey 1-inch map first series (Map). SDO10343.

<2> Papworth, M, 1983, The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey, SDR 51 (Index). SDO12304.

On O.S. 1811 1" map. Low light traces reported by Rodney Legg in 1980. There is now no visible trace of this barrow which is situated in a newly ploughed field which is planted in corn. 7/7/E.

<3> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010 (Unpublished document). SDO12407.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 450324 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Sources/Archives (5)

  • <1> Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1982. Dorset Barrows Supplement. 34.
  • <1.1> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1811. Ordnance Survey 1-inch map first series.
  • <2> Index: Papworth, M. 1983. The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey. SDR 51.
  • <3> Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010.
  • <4> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 450324.

Finds (0)

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Related Events/Activities (1)

Location

Grid reference SY 587 869 (point)
Map sheet SY58NE
Civil Parish Littlebredy; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 063 019
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 58 NE 27
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 450324

Record last edited

May 17 2023 1:39PM

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