Monument record MDO1428 - Bowl barrow on Hodder's Hill, Litton Cheney

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Summary

Site of a Bronze Age bowl barrow on Hodder's Hill.

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

A bowl barrow; diameter 20 paces, height 31/2 ft. <2>

A grass covered ditchless bowl barrow, diameter 20.0m., height 1.2m. there is a depression on the top of the mound,
slightly N of its centre. <4>

This feature has been cancelled on the Field Document. <6>

Site of a Bronze Age bowl barrow, visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs <7> on Hodder's Hill. The mound is marked on the OS 1st Edition Map (MDO1428).


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

[SY 53999093] TUMULUS [OE]

<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 Grinsell, L V, 1935-54, Dorset Barrows 1935-54 Manuscript (Unpublished document).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), 137 (Monograph). SDO97.

'(17) Bowl Barrow, on Hodder's Hill ¾ m. W. of the church, is 53 ft. in diam. and 4 ft. high.'

<4> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 27-APR-55 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<5> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 117 (Monograph). SDO132.

<6> LS Surveyor, 25" 30.10.63 (Verbal communication). SWX1342.

<7> 20-MAY-1975, CUCAP (RC8AX 278-9) (Aerial Photograph). SDO11389.

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 451514 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Sources/Archives (8)

  • <1> Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Map 6in. 6 inch to 1 mile. 1903.
  • <2> Unpublished document: Grinsell, L V. 1935-54. Dorset Barrows 1935-54 Manuscript.
  • <3> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England. 1952. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West). 137.
  • <4> Unpublished document: Quinnell, N V. Various. Field Investigators Comments NVQ. F1 NVQ 27-APR-55.
  • <5> Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 117.
  • <6> Verbal communication: LS Surveyor. 25" 30.10.63.
  • <7> Aerial Photograph: 20-MAY-1975. CUCAP (RC8AX 278-9).
  • <8> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 451514.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 5399 9093 (19m by 20m) (3 map features)
Map sheet SY59SW
Civil Parish Litton Cheney; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 064 017
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 451514
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Litton Cheney 17

Record last edited

Apr 16 2025 4:00PM

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