Monument record MDO2205 - Bowl barrow, Puddletown

Bronze Age bowl barrow in Puddletown Forest. In 1970 this monument was reported as being around 28 feet in diameter with a mound about 4 feet high.

Four barrows (32-35) lie in Puddletown Forest, along the top of a narrow E-W ridge; the first three are close together above 300 ft OD; (35) is further E at a slightly lower level. All have traces of ditches and are now planted with conifers. … 'D' - (35) Bowl (74659296), 260 yds E of (34). Diam 28 ft, ht 4 ft. <2-3>

'D' SY 74669296. Bowl barrow, diameter 9.0m. Height 1.2m. Ditch 2.0m. wide and 0.1m. deep.
All four barrows are in a forestry plantation, 'D' currently stripped of trees, but are in good condition. Re-surveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. <5>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1902 (Map). SWX1540.

(Group centred SY 744929) Tumuli (NR) three shown. (SY 74659296) Tumulus (NR)

<2> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 129 (Monograph). SDO132.

<3> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 2, 230 (Monograph). SDO136.

<4> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F1 JGB 07-NOV-80 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 455024 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Jan 16 2025 4:11PM