Monument record MDO1531 - Bowl Barrow, Long Bredy

A possible bowl barrow, listed by Grinsell as Long Bredy 5a but not mentioned by RCHME. Grinsell mentioned it as a "probable barrow" but gave no measurements. Ordnance Survey field investigation in 1955 reported "no evidence that a barrow ever existed...The area is under the plough. A very doubtful site". <1-3>

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 41-2 (Monograph). SDO97.

<2> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 27-APR-1955 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<3> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 117 (Monograph). SDO132.

<4> Papworth, M, 1983, The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey, SDR (Index). SDO12304.

Bowl in NE angle of crossroads. Probable barrow. Very doubtful site; no visible trace. Regularly ploughed ley pasture. 7/7/E

<5> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010 (Unpublished document). SDO12407.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1315657 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Dec 17 2023 8:40AM