Monument record MDO2044 - Bowl barrow, one of the Black Down Barrow Group, Portesham

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Summary

Bronze Age bowl barrow located 40 yards south of the Hardy Monument. It measures 11 metres in diameter and 0.6 metres in height. It is part of a larger barrow cemetery.

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Full Description

Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1821 1068 (Aerial Photograph). SDO20716.

Papworth, M, 1983, The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey, SDR 206 (Index). SDO12304.

‘Dimensions as above. Gorse covered mound on the W side it is grass covered.’

<1> Cunnington, E, 1915, Cunnington MSS, No 52 (Unpublished document). SDO10110.

<2> Thompson, M W, and Ashbee, P, 1957, Excavation of a barrow near the Hardy monument, Black Down, Portesham, Dorset; Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 23 (Article in serial). SDO17266.

<3> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 449 (Monograph). SDO150.

<4> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010 (Unpublished document). SDO12407.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1175411 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Sources/Archives (7)

  • --- Index: Papworth, M. 1983. The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey. SDR 206.
  • --- Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1821 1068.
  • <1> Unpublished document: Cunnington, E. 1915. Cunnington MSS. No 52.
  • <2> Article in serial: Thompson, M W, and Ashbee, P. 1957. Excavation of a barrow near the Hardy monument, Black Down, Portesham, Dorset; Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 23.
  • <3> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3. 449.
  • <4> Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010.
  • <5> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 1175411.

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Location

Grid reference SY 6130 8755 (point)
Map sheet SY68NW
Civil Parish Portesham; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 090 037
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: 1175411
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 68 NW 20

Record last edited

Jun 27 2024 10:35AM

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