Monument record MDO1956 - Bowl barrow in Hanover Copse on Lyscombe Hill, Piddletrenthide

A bowl barrow adjoining the parish boundary between Piddletrenthide and Cheselbourne. In 1970 this monument was reported as 26 feet in diameter with a mound about 2½ feet high, covered with trees and much damaged by rabbits.

A barrow group centred ST 730023 (See Table). <2-4>

G. ST 72950220. Bowl barrow 10.0m north-south by 8.0m east-west and up to 0.8m high. There is no visible ditch. Tree covered and mutilated by rabbit digging.

Tumuli surveyed at 1:2500 on MSD. <5>

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1900, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch two (Map). SDO11594.

(ST 72950220) Tumulus

<2> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 221 (Monograph). SDO132.

<3> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 2, 221 (Monograph). SDO136.

'(59) Bowl (72950221), in Hanover Copse on Lyscombe Hill, adjoining the parish boundary with Cheselbourne, is covered with trees and has been much damaged by rabbits. Diam. 26 ft., ht. 2½ ft.'

<3> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 2, 221 (Monograph). SDO136.

(61) Saucer-barrow ? (73000230), 35 yds. N.N.E. of (60), is covered with trees; it consists of a small mound surrounded by a well-marked ditch and an outer bank; the latter has been destroyed on the E. side by an old copse bank. Diam. of mound 18 ft., ht. 1 ft. Ditch 4 ft. across and 6 ins. deep; bank 7 ft. across and 1 ft. high.

<4> Rigg, J, Field Investigators Comments JR, F1 JR 25-AUG-55 (Unpublished document). SWX1255.

<5> Barrett, G, Various, Field Investigators Comments GB, F2 GB 08-NOV-78 (Unpublished document). SDO17369.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 202054 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Jan 26 2022 2:39PM