Monument record MDO1896 - Bowl barrow west of Little Piddle Down, Piddlehinton

A Bronze Age bowl barrow. In 1970 this monument was recorded as being around 70 feet in diameter with a mound about 4 feet high and traces of a ditch. The barrow was explored by the antiquarian Edward Cunnington, who found a cremation burial beneath a cairn. The site of this barrow is visible as a soilmark ring ditch on aerial photographs taken in 1976. Traces of an internal low mound are identifiable on lidar imagery. The barrow was digitally recorded during the Dorset Upper Cerne and Piddle AIM Project.

(16) - SY 69549567. Bowl barrow, ploughed, 70ft diameter and 4ft high situated 70 yds south-east of (15).

In 1881 Edward Cunnington opened three barrows at Little Piddle (Cunnington MS Nos 43-45).

No 43, either (16) or (17), contained a primary cremation under a central cairn and seven secondary cremations, five with urns (four 'bucket' and one globular) and two without urns (a) (b) No.44, either (15) or (16), covered a primary cremation under a cairn. No.45 was probably the barrow (18) at SY 70389582. <1>

SY 695957, SY 698955. Two round barrows west of Little Piddle Down. Scheduled. <3>

Barrow 'A' at SY 69509571, is no longer discernible. The bowl barrows, at SY 69549567 and SY 69819550 are grass covered and measure 23.4m and 22.0m in diameter and 1.4m and 1.2m high respectively.(See GPs). Revised at 1:2500 on MSD. <4>

The site of this barrow is visible as a soilmark ring ditch on aerial photographs taken in 1976. Traces of an internal low mound are identifiable on lidar imagery. The barrow was digitally recorded during the Dorset Upper Cerne and Piddle AIM Project. <6-7>

<1> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 2, 212 (Monograph). SDO136.

‘(16) Bowl (69549567), 70 yds. S.E. of (15). Ploughed. Diam. 70 ft., ht. 4 ft. Traces of ditch.’

<2> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 1:10,000 scale map, 1975 (Map). SDO17396.

('A' - SY 69509571; 'B' - SY 69549567) Tumuli (NR)

<3> Department of the Environment, 1977, Department of the Environment (IAM) Ancient Monuments of England Vol 2, 68 (Monograph). SWX2300.

<4> Attrill, N J, Field Investigators Comments NJA, F1 NJA 19-DEC-80 (Unpublished document). SDO14743.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 452988 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

<6> National Monuments Record, 08-APR-1976, NMR 915/34-5 (Aerial Photograph). SDO21095.

<7> Environment Agency, 15-DEC-2023, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO20691.

Record last edited

Nov 11 2024 6:56PM