Monument record MDO1966 - Bowl barrow, Piddletrenthide

Mound 13 paces in diameter and 3 feet high. <1>

A. ST 73140251, A bowl barrow 10.0 m in diameter and 1.0 m high, scrub covered and undisturbed. There is no visible ditch.

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

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

(ST 73140251) Tumulus.

<2> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 100 (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.

(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 Rigg, J, Field Investigators Comments JR, F1 JR 25-AUG-55 (Unpublished document).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 Barrett, G, Various, Field Investigators Comments GB, F2 GB 08-NOV-78 (Unpublished document).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 2:09PM