Monument record MDO2211 - Barrow, Waterston Ridge, Puddletown

`B' - SY 70979456 Ditchless, grass covered mound, 15 m diameter and 1.0 m high with the appearance of a bowl barrow. Two lynchets touch the mound. <2>

`B' - SY 70979457 Barrow? 45 ft diameter and 3 ft high. <4>

SY 710945-SY 718945. Three round barrows on Waterston Ridge, Puddletown. Scheduled. <5>

`B' SY 70979456. A probable bowl barrow, diameter 16.0m., height 0.8m., in pasture but ploughed down: No visible ditch. Re-surveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. <6>

A Bronze Age barrow is located at the West end of Waterston Ridge. It is one of three barrows, all of which are scheduled. It is visible as a low earthwork on aerial photographs taken in 1948. <7>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1930 (Map). SWX1540.

(`A' - SY 71009450) Tumulus (NR)

<2> Rigg, J, Field Investigators Comments JR, F1 JR 05-DEC-54 (Unpublished document). SWX1255.

<3> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1963 (Map). SWX1540.

(`A' - SY 71009450; `B' - SY 70979457) Tumulus (NR) (twice)

<4> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 2, 231 (Monograph). SDO136.

<5> Department of the Environment, 1978, Department of the Environment (IAM) Ancient Monuments of England (Vol 2), 68 (Monograph). SWX1687.

<6> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F2 JGB 12-NOV-80 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<7> Royal Air Force, 22-JAN-1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2431 4127-8 (Aerial Photograph). SDO10662.

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 454952 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Oct 27 2023 3:25PM