Monument record MDO1898 - Bowl barrow on Little Puddle Hill, Piddlehinton

Bowl barrow situated within a prehistoric field system. Lynchets, on either side of the barrow have clearly respected it. In 1970 this monument was reported as being around 37 feet in diameter with a mound about 5½ feet high, and damaged at the base by ploughing. The site of this round barrow is visible as earthworks on lidar imagery and was recorded during the Upper Cerne and Piddle AIM project.

One of two bowl barrows. The barrows have an average diameter 16 paces and height of 7 feet. <2>

Barrow 'A' - a grass covered ditchless bowl barrow; diameter 14 metres, height 1.9 metres. <3>

SY 70389581- Piddlehinton 4; a bowl barrow visible as an earthwork, 14 paces in diameter and 6 feet high. Excavations by Cunnington recorded five urned cremations all located beneath a cairn. Three of the urns had been inverted. <4>

Barrow 'A' - (18) - SY 70389582. Bowl barrow, 37 feet in diameter and 5 1/2 feet high, the base of which has been disturbed by ploughing. A 'Celtic' field lynchet runs up to the barrow, on either side, and has clearly respected it. <5>

"SY 705958. Two round barrows on Little Puddle Hill". Scheduled. <6>

Barrow 'A'. SY 70379581. Bowl barrow, diameter 12 metres, height 1.6 metres; grass-covered in arable. The barrow does not have a visible ditch, nor has it been ploughed. Re-surveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. <7>

The site of this round barrow is visible as earthworks on lidar imagery and was recorded during the Upper Cerne and Piddle AIM project. <9>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1930 (Map). SWX1540.

Barrow 'A' - (SY 70389582) Tumuli (NR)

<2> Grinsell, L V, 1935-54, Dorset Barrows 1935-54 Manuscript (Unpublished document). SWX1556.

<3> Swatridge, G C, Various, Field Investigators Comments GCS, F1 GCS 02-DEC-1954 (Unpublished document). SWX1169.

<4> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 123 (Monograph). SDO132.

<5> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 2, 212 (Monograph). SDO136.

'(18) Bowl (70389582), on Little Puddle Hill on the summit of a ridge; base of mound damaged by ploughing. A 'Celtic' field lynchet runs up to the barrow, on either side, and clearly has respected it. Diam. 37 ft., ht. 5½ ft.'

<6> Ancient Monuments Board for England, Scotland and Wales, 1977, Annual Report, 67 (Serial). SDO19544.

<7> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F2 JGB 07-NOV-1980 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 454747 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

<9> Environment Agency, 15-DEC-2023, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO20691.

Record last edited

Oct 7 2024 10:57AM