Monument record MDO156 - 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 24 feet in diameter with a mound about 1 foot high.

'C' (ST 49780383). Probable remains of a bowl barrow; a vague ditchless mound approximately 8.0m. in diameter by 0.1m. high. Both 'B' and 'C' are grass-covered but have been under the plough. (3)

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

BARROW 'C' (ST 49780383)

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

'(61) BOWL BARROWS, on Beaminster Down 1¾ m. N.E. of the church, are four in number. ... Two small barrows (c) and (d), 90 yards S.E. of (b), have been ploughed in the past, they are approximately 21 ft. and 24 ft. in diam. and 9 in. and 1 ft. high.'

<3> Rigg, J, Field Investigators Comments JR, FR1 JR 26-MAY-55 (Unpublished document). SWX1255.

<4> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 85 (Monograph). SDO132.

<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, English Heritage Schedule Entry 18/11/1996 (Scheduling record). SDO17558.

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

Record last edited

Mar 28 2022 11:40AM