Monument record MDO1822 - Bowl barrow, Osmington

A barrow near White Horse, 'north of a much larger one and close to the wagon track' was opened by E Cunnington and numbered No.26. It produced a primary cremation in an urn, probably Mid Bronze Age, which had 'two string patterns near the mouth' and was in a cist. Near the top were fragments of an intrusive inhumation. <2>

No further information was obtained during field investigation to enable the excavation report Warne to be attached to a particular barrow. From the topographical description the barrow may be one of the group. <3>

Osmington 2a. Barrow listed, unlocated. Details as Authy 1. The primary cremation was probably Early/Mid Bronze Age. <4>

The East Hill Group of round barrows consists of: 'L'- (SY 71448453) Ditched bowl barrow, 18ft diameter x 1ft high with ditch 8ft wide x 6ins deep. Not listed by Grinsell. RCHM suggest that one of the barrows, 'K', 'L' or 'M' could have contained a primary inurned cremation in a cist, and a fragmentary inhumation near the top. <2-4>

'L' - SY 71438452. Under grass. Diameter 8.0m, height 0.5m. 'L' and 'N' Surveyed at 1:2500. on M.S.D. <6>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1890 (Map). SWX1540.

(Centred SY 713845) Tumuli (NR) (Eleven shown)

<2> Grinsell, L V, 1935-54, Dorset Barrows 1935-54 Manuscript (Unpublished document). SWX1556.

<2.1> Cunnington, E, 1915, Cunnington MSS, No 26 (Unpublished document). SDO10110.

<3> Swatridge, G C, Various, Field Investigators Comments GCS, F1 GCS 29-DEC-54 (Unpublished document). SWX1169.

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

<5> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 457 (Monograph). SDO150.

'(31) Ditched bowl (?) (71448453) 33 yds. N. of (30), crossed on W. by parish boundary with Weymouth. Diam. 18 ft., ht. 1½ ft., with ditch 8 ft. wide and 6 ins. deep.'

<6> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F1 JGB 20-SEP-80 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<7> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010 (Unpublished document). SDO12407.

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 454360 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

<9> National Record of the Historic Environment, 454369 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Dec 22 2023 1:45PM