Monument record MDO2218 - Bowl barrow south west of Well House Cottage, Puddletown

Bowl barrow, has been dug into on the S. side, almost to the centre. 61ft. in diam and 5ft. high. The site of this barrow is visible as a low earth mound on lidar imagery. It was digitally recorded during the Upper Cerne and Piddle Valleys AIM project.

A bowl barrow. Diameter 21 paces, height 51/2 ft. Hollow centre. <2>

A grass covered bowl barrow with no trace of a ditch. Diameter 19.0 metres, height 1.5 metres. A large excavation on the
south-west side has cut into the centre.<3>

SY 74129650. Bowl barrow, 61ft. diameter and 5ft. high at the south end of a ridge; has been dug into from the south side,
almost to the centre. <4>

"SY 742968 and SY 741965. Two round barrows south-west of Well House Cottage". Scheduled. <5>

SY 74119650. Bowl barrow as described by RCHM (4), not ploughed. Diameter 19.0 metres, east-west by 16.0 metres north- south, height 2.0 metres. No visible ditch. Re-surveyed at 1:2500 on MSD. <6>

The site of this barrow is visible as a low earth mound on lidar imagery. It was digitally recorded during the Upper Cerne and Piddle Valleys AIM project. <8>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1903 (Map). SWX1540.

(SY 74119650) Tumulus (NR)

<2> Grinsell, L V, 1935-54, Dorset Barrows 1935-54 Manuscript (Unpublished document). SWX1556.

<3> Swatridge, G C, Various, Field Investigators Comments GCS, F1 GCS 30-NOV-54 (Unpublished document). SWX1169.

<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.

'(48) Bowl (74129650), at the S. end of the ridge, has been dug into from the S. side, almost to the centre. Diam. 61 ft., ht. 5 ft.'

<5> Department of the Environment, 1977, Department of the Environment (IAM) Ancient Monuments of England Vol 2, 68 (Monograph). SWX2300.

<6> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F2 JGB 27-OCT-80 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<7> National Record of the Historic Environment, 454727 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

<8> Environment Agency, 15-DEC-2023, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO20691.

Record last edited

Oct 17 2024 7:33PM