Monument record MDO2219 - Bowl barrow near Well House Cottage, Puddletown

A bowl barrow, one of a scattered group along a north-south ridge. In 1970 this monument was reported as being around 52 feet in diameter with a mound about 3 feet high. The centre of the mound has been dug into, presumably the result of antiquarian investigation. The barrow is visible as cropmarks and earthworks on aerial photographs and lidar imagery; it was digitally recorded during the Upper Cerne and Piddle AIM project.

A bowl barrow. Diameter 25 paces, height 1ft. Hollow centre. <2>

A bowl barrow, situated on arable land, with no evidence of a ditch or excavation. Flat topped with many flints exposed. Diameter 24.0 metres, height 0.7 metres. <3>

SY 74179676. Bowl barrow. 52 ft. diameter and 3ft. high on the east side of a ridge; has been dug in the centre. <4>

"SY 742968. (presumably refers to the above barrow) and SY 741965. Two round barrows south west of Well House Cottage". Scheduled. <5>

SY 74179678. Bowl barrow in arable, ploughed down. Diameter 14.0 metres, height 0.3 metres. No visible ditch. Re-surveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. <6>

The barrow is visible as cropmarks and earthworks on aerial photographs and lidar imagery; it was digitally recorded during the Upper Cerne and Piddle AIM project. <8-9>

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

(SY 74179676) 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 Grinsell, L V, 1935-54, Dorset Barrows 1935-54 Manuscript (Unpublished document).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 Swatridge, G C, Various, Field Investigators Comments GCS, F1 GCS 30-NOV-54 (Unpublished document).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.

‘Four barrows (48-51) lie in the N. of the parish, scattered along a N.-S. ridge above 300 ft. O.D., among the much ploughed remains of ‘Celtic’ fields (Group (45)). An air photograph (Cam. Univ. Colln. AGT 18) suggests the possibility of two more barrows, one immediately S.S.E. of (50), the other 115 yds. to the N.N.E. (74139703). … (49) Bowl (74179676), 290 yds. N.N.E. of (48) on the E. side of the ridge, has been dug in the centre. Diam. 52 ft., ht. 3ft.’

<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 Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F2 JGB 27-OCT-80 (Unpublished document).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, 454732 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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

<9> National Monuments Record, 06-SEP-2012, NMR 27597/44 (Aerial Photograph). SDO20945.

Record last edited

Oct 14 2024 8:29PM