Monument record MDO1828 - Sandy Barrow, Osmington

A ditchless mound, possibly not a barrow. It is situated on a narrow ridge within a pasture field, and is approximately 8.5m. in diameter by 0.5m. high. A trench dug into the top has exposed some stone and flint. <2>

Sandy Barrow; shapeless and doubtful bowl barrow, 10 paces diameter by 3 feet high. <3>

Sandy Barrow (listed as a round barrow). Slight irregular flinty mound, disturbed in centre. <4>

SY 73038258 Sandy Barrow (name not confirmed). A possible barrow 9.0m. in diameter and 1.0m. in height: there is no ditch visible. It is under pasture and situated at the angle of a narrow right-angled ridge, at its highest point. Surveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. <5>

The feature is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs and was digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project <6>.

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1901 (Map). SWX1540.

Sandy Barrow (Tumulus) (NR)

<2> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 17-DEC-54 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<3> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 122 (Monograph). SDO132.

<4> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 447 (Monograph). SDO150.

‘(37) Sandy Barrow, bowl (?) (SY 78 SW; 73028259), on spine of small knoll 367 ft. above O.D. Slight irregular flinty mound, disturbed in centre.’

<5> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F2 JGB 10-JUL-80 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<6> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1821 4447-8 (Aerial Photograph). SDO11758.

<7> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Externally held archive: RCH01/093 RCHME Inventory: Dorset II (South-East) (Unpublished document). SDO17434.

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 454323 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Feb 27 2023 3:58PM