Monument record MDO1874 - Bronze Age bowl barrow, north west of Holworth, Owermoigne

SY 76298372. A scrub-covered mound, probably a bowl barrow, 13.0m diameter x 1.5m high on the north where it has been accentuated by ploughing. Much burrowed and ditchless. (Not mentioned by Grinsell or RCHM). <1>

SY 76288372. Probable barrow, in arable. Diameter 10.0m, height 1.7m. No visible ditch. Re-surveyed at 1:2500 on MSD. <3>

A Bronze Age bowl barrow is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of the 1940s to the north west of Holworth, Owermoigne. The barrow is sub-oval in shape and measures approximately 18 m by 9 m. <4> The barrow is still visible as a low earthwork on aerial photographs of 2005. <5> This feature was digitally plotted as part of the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.

<1> Rigg, J, Field Investigators Comments JR, F1 JR 17-JAN-55 (Unpublished document). SWX1255.

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

(SY 76288372) Tumulus (NR)

<3> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F2 JGB 04-SEP-80 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<4> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1824 3341-2 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13869.

<5> Dorset County Council, XX-XXX-2005, Dorset CC Vertical Digital Photo Tile (Aerial Photograph). SDO13151.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 454267 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Aug 16 2023 4:00PM