Monument record MDO1696 - Bowl barrow on Nordon Hill, Melcombe Horsey

A bowl-barrow, 50 feet diameter and 3 1/2 feet high, which has been much disturbed. <2>

Situated on top of a hog-back ridge is the grass covered remains of a bowl barrow measuring 13.0m north-south by 13.9m transversely. It stands up to 0.9m high, but has been considerably mutilated at the centre, and is in a generally poor condition. There is no visible ditch. <3>

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1900, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch two (Map). SDO11594.

(ST 74640314) Tumulus (NR)

<2> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 2, 175 (Monograph). SDO136.

'(20) Bowl (74640314), on the narrow spine of Nordon Hill, lies 300 yds. E. of the Dorsetshire Gap and at about 725 ft. above O.D. The mound is much disturbed. Diam. about 50 ft., ht. 3½ ft.'

<3> Barrett, G, Various, Field Investigators Comments GB, F1 GB 20-NOV-78 (Unpublished document). SDO17369.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 201976 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Jan 24 2022 11:02AM