Monument record MDO1900 - Bowl barrow, Piddlehinton

A bowl barrow reported in 1970 as being around 45 feet in diameter with a mound about three feet high. The barrow is crossed by a hedge, and the northern side of the mound has been much reduced by ploughing. The barrow is visible as earthworks on lidar imagery and was digitally recorded during the Upper Cerne and Piddle Valley AIM project.

"Some attempt to excavate this barrow has been made by the owner, Mrs. Batty, not long since. Nothing found but stones." <2>

A 'gutted' bowl barrow, diameter 16 paces, height 2 ft. <3>

A grass covered bowl barrow crossed by a hedge running east-west on its northern side. Diameter 16.0 metres, height 0.8 metres.This barrow has been dug in-to on its southern side revealing a flint content. There were no finds. <4>

SY 73569663. Bowl barrow, 45ft. diameter and 3ft. high on the crest of a hill and gentle east slope. the barrow is traversed by a hedge and the northern third of the mound has been ploughed away. Two additional barrows are shown (at SY 73629662 and SY 73719661), but not described on Celtic Fields (Group 45) map, the former is depicted on OS 6" 1903 and 1963 as a circular hollow feature. <5>

SY 73559662. Bowl barrow, diameter 16.0 metres, height 1.0 metres, in pasture but ploughed down. The half north of the hedge which crosses it, has been ploughed out. There is no visible ditch. Re-surveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. The other two features are two of four chalk pits, visible on the ground and on the OS air photographs. <6>

The barrow is visible as earthworks on lidar imagery and was digitally recorded during the Upper Cerne and Piddle Valley AIM project. <8>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1903 (Map). SWX1540.

(SY 73559663) Tumulus (NR)

<2> Rivet, A L F, Annotated record map 6", 21.5.53 (Map). SDO17443.

<2.1> Farrar, R A H, Annotated Record Map Rec. 6 (R A H Farrar), May 1952 (Map). SDO17570.

<3> Grinsell, L V, 1935-54, Dorset Barrows 1935-54 Manuscript (Unpublished document). SWX1556.

<4> Swatridge, G C, Various, Field Investigators Comments GCS, F1 GCS 30-NOV-54 (Unpublished document). SWX1169.

<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.

'(20) Bowl (73569663), 200 yds. E. of Muston Copse, lies below the crest of a hill on a gentle E. slope at just over 300 ft. above O.D.; it is traversed by a hedge and the northern third of the mound has been ploughed away. Diam. about 45ft., ht. 3ft.'

<6> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F2 JGB 03-NOV-80 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<6.1> Ordnance Survey, OS 79/110/131 (Aerial Photograph). SDO20169.

<7> National Record of the Historic Environment, 454722 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

<8> Environment Agency, 15-DEC-2023, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO20691.

Record last edited

Oct 16 2024 6:35PM