Monument record MDO2120 - Bowl barrow on Eggardon Hill, Powerstock

Bronze Age bowl barrow to the east of Eggardon Hillfort. In 1952 this monument was reported as being around 31 feet in diameter and about 3½ feet high.

A bowl barrow; diameter 10 paces, height 2 1/2 ft. <1> <3-4>

Similar information. <5>

One of a group of barrows which are grass covered, but on arable land, and have all been ploughed over in recent years. … Barrow D: A bowl barrow, diameter 9 metres, height 1.2 metres. The barrow has been ploughed around the circumference and there are faint unsurveyable traces of a ditch. <6>

Listed as Powerstock 3 by Grinsell. <7>

A Bronze Age bowl barrow on Eggardon Hill, forming part of a barrow cemetery. The barrow is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs. <10>

One of three barrows North of the disc barrow, bowl barrow, 31ft. In diameter and 3.5ft. High. {2}

<1> Warne, C, 1872, Ancient Dorset (2nd Edition), 60 (Monograph). SWX1971.

<2> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1903 (Map). SWX1540.

[Group centred SY 54659449] TUMULI [OE] [Twice] TUMULUS [OE] (Site of)

<3> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1929, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1928, 119 (Serial). SDO32.

<4> Piggott, S, and Piggot, C M, 1939, 'Stone and Earth Circles in Dorset', Antiquity Volume 13 Issue 50, 138-158 (Article in serial). SDO19843.

<5> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 185 (Monograph). SDO97.

'(29) Barrows, in the S.E. angle of the parish and E. of Eggardon Camp. ... The barrows N. of the disc barrow are three in number—(c) a bowl barrow, 80 yards N. of the centre of (a), is 31 ft. in diam. and 3½ ft. high;'

<6> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 20-MAY-1955 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<7> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 128 (Monograph). SDO132.

<8> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Externally held archive: RCH01/088 RCHME Inventory: Dorset I (West) and Revision (Unpublished document). SDO17367.

<9> Historic England, Historic England Archive, 881774 (Index). SDO14738.

<10> Royal Air Force, 22-JAN-1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2451 4152-3 (Aerial Photograph). SDO11411.

<11> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1456638 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

RCHME: Barrows SE of Eggardon Camp, Askerswell, Dorset. Inscription: Distribution plan of barrows

Record last edited

Aug 21 2023 3:44PM