Monument record MDO1830 - Upton, Bronze Age barrow

Bronze Age barrow visible as earthworks on aerial photographs. In 1970 this monument was recorded as being around 51 feet in diameter with a mound about 5 feet high.

Four bowl barrows at wide intervals in W-E line along spine of ridge above 400ft contour at Osmington. (B) Bowl (74928260) 270 yds. E of (A). Diam. 51 ft., ht. 5 ft., with many flints on surface. Ploughed. <1> <3>

Barrows A,B and C are those Scheduled (see illust). <4>

SY 749826. Three barrows south of Poxwell Big Wood. Scheduled. <5>

'B' SY 74928260. Bowl barrow in grass, may have been ploughed over. Diameter 14.0m., height 1.0m. No visible ditch. Re-surveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. <6>

Bronze Age barrow visible as earthworks on aerial photographs <7> and digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.

<1> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 122 (Monograph). SDO132.

<2> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1963 (Map). SWX1540.

(SY 74698259; SY 74928260; SY 75108258; SY 75208257 Tumulus (NR) (twice) Tumuli (NR)

<3> 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.

‘(39) Bowl (74928260) 270 yds. E. of (38). Diam. 51 ft., ht. 5 ft., with many flints on surface. Ploughed.’

<4> Department of the Environment, DOE (IAM) Ancient Monuments Record Form, 14.10.71 (Index). SDO17347.

<5> Department of the Environment, 1978, Department of the Environment (IAM) Ancient Monuments of England (Vol 2), 12 (Monograph). SWX1687.

<6> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F1 JGB 14-JUL-80 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<7> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1821 4443-4 (Aerial Photograph). SDO11784.

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 454307 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Feb 26 2024 12:54PM