Monument record MDO155 - Bowl barrow on Beaminster Down, Beaminster

Bronze Age bowl barrow, one of a small group on Beaminster Down. In 1952 this monument was reported as being around 21 feet in diameter with a mound about 9 inches high.

'B' and 'C'. Two small barrows 90 yards SE of 'A', which have been ploughed in the past. They are approximately 21 feet and 24 feet in diameter respectively, and 9 inches and 1 foot high. (2)

'B' (ST 49790382) Probable ditchless bowl barrow; a rather shapeless mound with an approximate diameter of 8.0m. and a height of 0.4m. accentuated by a cultivation ridge.

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1930 (Map). SWX1540.

'B' BARROW (ST 49790382)

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 27 (Monograph). SDO97.

<3> Rigg, J, Field Investigators Comments JR, F1 JR 26-MAY-55 (Unpublished document). SWX1255.

<4> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 87 (Monograph). SDO132.

Grinsell recorded this barrow as 8 paces in diameter and 1 foot high. <2>

<5> DOE, 1977, Scheduled Monument Notification DOE (IAM) AMs Eng 1977 82, 59 (Scheduling record). SWX3025.

<6> DCMS, 1996, Scheduled Monument Notification English Heritage Schedule Entry 18/11/1996 (Scheduling record). SDO17558.

English Heritage Schedule Entry 18/11/1996

<7> National Record of the Historic Environment, 192985 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Mar 28 2022 11:31AM