Monument record MDO21 - Mound on Wears Hill, Abbotsbury

A mound interpreted as a possible round barrow, but perhaps more likely to be a natural feature. It was reported in 1952 as being around 86 feet in diameter and 4 feet high.

This barrow is 60 paces in diameter and 12 feet in height. This is marked on OM as tumulus, but probably natural. <2>

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 11 (Monograph). SDO97.

'BARROWS, on or near the ridgeway running along Wears Hill and White Hill on the N. side of the parish, form three groups. The first group consists of seven barrows with a possible outlier to the S. ... The outlier (h) is 280 yards S.S.W. of (a) and is marked on the O.S. but is perhaps a natural mound; it is 86 ft. in diam. and 4 ft. high. ...'

<2> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 85 (Monograph). SDO132.

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Jun 27 2023 2:10PM