Monument record MDO2021 - Barrow inside Pilsdon Pen

26ft. in diam and 1ft. high (RCHM). The barrow is visible as a low earthwork on aerial photographs and was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP.

Two circular mounds, probably barrows:
'A' 49 feet in diameter by 3 feet high.
'C' 26 feet in diameter by 1 foot high. <4>

Two round barrows, both with surrounding ditches 2.0 metres wide by 0.3 metre deep.
'A' is 15.5m. diameter and 0.8m. high.
'C' is 9.0m. diameter by 0.5m. high.
(See attached 1:2500 plan). <5>

Barrows 'A' and 'C' as described above.
('B', 'D' and 'E' - see ST 40 SW 28 - also listed as possible barrows or pillow-mounds). <6>

Centred ST 41330121. Two plough damaged BA barrows within Pilsdon Pen Hillfort.

The site was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP.

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1890 (Map). SWX1540.

('A' - ST 41330123; 'C' - ST 41330119) Tumuli (NR)

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1:2500 scale, 1902 (Map). SWX1197.

'C' - ST 41330119

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1:2500 scale, 1903 (Map). SWX1197.

Tumuli

<4> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 180 (Monograph). SDO97.

<5> Swatridge, G C, Various, Field Investigators Comments GCS, F1 GCS 04-MAR-55 (Unpublished document). SWX1169.

<6> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, p125 Nos Pilsdon 1-5 (Monograph). SDO132.

<7> Ordnance Survey, 1:2500 scale, 1963 (Map). SWX1197.

Tumuli

<8> Ordnance Survey, 1:2500 scale, 1968 (Map). SWX1197.

Tumuli

<9> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1983, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1982, 178-179 (Serial). SDO82.

<10> National Record of the Historic Environment, AF1007320 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

RCHME: Pilsdon Pen, Dorset. RCHME Exeter surveyed the Iron Age hillfort and associated earthworks in 1995 at the request of the National Trust and English Heritage.Contents : 2 plans, 3 computer generated overlays, Antiquity Model, report, correspondence, survey data, disk, field record formsCondition : INTACT

<11> Historic England, Historic England Archive, 1007323 (Index). SDO14738.

Pilsdon Pen/ink survey Antiquity Model: Revised

<12> Historic England, Historic England Archive, 1007324 (Index). SDO14738.

Pilsdon Pen/pencil survey

<13> Historic England, Historic England Archive, 1007325 (Index). SDO14738.

Pilsdon Pen, height and survey information

<14> Historic England, Historic England Archive, 1007326 (Index). SDO14738.

Pilsdon Pen, vegetation and management overlay

<15> Historic England, Historic England Archive, 1007327 (Index). SDO14738.

Pilsdon Pen, archaeological interpretation

<16> Historic England, Historic England Archive, 1007328 (Index). SDO14738.

Pilsdon Pen

<17> Ordnance Survey, 08-MAY-1996, OS/96569 V 122-3 (Aerial Photograph). SDO14566.

<18> National Monuments Record, 16-FEB-2005, NMR ST 4101/27-34 (NMR 23816/21-28) (Aerial Photograph). SDO14567.

<19> Dorset County Council, XX-XXX-2009, Dorset CC Vertical Digital Photo Tile, ST4101.ecw (Aerial Photograph). SDO13314.

<20> National Record of the Historic Environment, 193117 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Mar 13 2025 5:06PM