Monument record MDO1832 - Bronze Age bowl barrow, Osmington

A bowl barrow reported as being around 54 feet in diameter with a ditch and a mound around 2½ feet high. The barrow is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs.

Four bowl barrows at wide intervals in W-E line along spine of ridge above 400ft contour at Osmington. (D) Ditched bowl (?) (75208257) 90 yds. E of (C). Diam. 54 ft., ht. 2 1/2 ft. <1> <3>

'D' SY 75198257. Bowl barrow in pasture. Diameter 14.0m., height 0.9m. No visible ditch. Both of these barrows ('C') and ('D') appear to have been ploughed down. Re-surveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. <4>

The barrow is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of 2002 and 2009 <5-6>. The barrow is sub-circular in shape and measures approximately 12 m in diameter. The barrow is scheduled together with two others (see MDO1831 and MDO1830). This feature was digitally plotted as part of the Wild Purbeck 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.

'(41) Ditched bowl (?) (75208257) 90 yds. E. of (40). Diam. 54 ft., ht. 2½ ft.'

<4> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F1 JGB 14-JUL-80 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<5> Dorset County Council, XX-XXX-2002, Dorset CC Vertical Digital Photo Tile (Aerial Photograph). SDO13248.

<6> Dorset County Council, XX-XXX-2009, Dorset CC Vertical Digital Photo Tile (Aerial Photograph). SDO13314.

<7> National Record of the Historic Environment, 454307 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Feb 26 2024 1:02PM