Monument record MDO1954 - Bowl barrow, one of the Plush Hill Group, Piddletrenthide

A bowl barrow reported as being around 40 feet in diameter with a mound about 1½ feet high. Much damaged. The site of the barrow is visible as a plough-levelled mound on aerial photographs taken in 1974. It was digitally recorded during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project.

A barrow group. (See Table 1.) Three other barrows mentioned (2,3 and 4) could be part of this group. (See Table 2.) <1-2>

The site of the barrow is visible as a plough-levelled mound on aerial photographs taken in 1974, (OS 1974 (8)). It was digitally recorded during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project.

<1> Quinnell, N V, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigator's Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 11-FEB-55 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<2> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 124 (Monograph). SDO132.

<3> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1962 (Map). SWX1540.

(ST 71930176, ST 72020172, ST 72030169, ST 72050180, ST 72080179) Tumuli (NR)

<4> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1967, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1966, 145 (Serial). SDO66.

<5> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 2, 221 (Monograph). SDO136.

'(57) Bowl (72050180), 100 yds. N.N.E. of (55), lies immediately S. of the track from Plush to Thorncombe Barn. Largely destroyed. Diam and 1½ ft. high.'

<6> Barrett, G, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigator's Comments GB, F2 GB 10-OCT-78 (Unpublished document). SDO17369.

<7> National Record of the Historic Environment, 202036 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

<8> Ordnance Survey, 15-MAY-1974, OS/74058 110 (Aerial Photograph). SDO21480.

Record last edited

Nov 12 2025 5:47PM