Monument record MDO1899 - Bowl barrow on Little Puddle Hill, Piddlehinton

A bowl barrow. In 1970 this monument was reported as being around 55 feet in diameter with a mound about 9 feet high, planted with fir trees 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 of 16 paces and a height of 7 foot. The barrow is planted with firs and enclosed in an afforestation circle. <2>

Barrow 'B', a tree planted bowl barrow, ditchless but rather conical as though rebuilt in part. Diameter 20 metres, height 2.5 metres. <3>

Piddlehinton 5. SY 70419580 - A bowl barrow 18 paces in diameter and 8 feet high. It is planted with firs and enclosed in a tree-clump circle. <4>

Barrow 'B' - (19) - SY 70419580) Bowl barrow, 55 feet in diameter and 9 feet high, is planted with fir trees; its base has been damaged by ploughing. <5>

"SY 7059581. Two round barrows on Little Puddle Hill". Scheduled. <6>

Barrow 'B'. SY 70419580. Bowl barrow, diameter 17 metres, height 3.0 metres, tree and grass-covered. The barrow does not have a visible ditch, nor has 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>

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

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

Barrow 'B' - (SY 70419581) 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 Grinsell, L V, 1935-54, Dorset Barrows 1935-54 Manuscript (Unpublished document).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 Swatridge, G C, Various, Field Investigators Comments GCS, F1 GCS 02-DEC-1954 (Unpublished document).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.

'(19) Bowl (70419580), 40 yds. E.S.E. of (18), is planted with fir trees and its base has been damaged by ploughing. Diam. 55 ft., ht. 9 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 Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F2 JGB 07-NOV-1980 (Unpublished document).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, 1457295 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Oct 7 2024 10:53AM