Monument record MDO2280 - Bronze Age barrow, Tulk's Hill, Puncknowle
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One of 6 barrows on top of Tulk's Hill. Bowl barrow, 45ft. in diam and 5ft. high, with traces of a ditch. <2>
Three grass covered bowl barrows with no trace of surrounding ditches. … 'B' - Diameter 15.0m, height 2.0m taken to the west. There is a slight central depression. <3>
'B' - A well formed bowl barrow, diameter 16 paces, height 5ft. <4>
A group of three Bronze Age bowl barrows on Tulk's Hill. The western barrow has a mound, 15 metres in diameter and 1.5 metres high, which has had a trench, 2 metres wide, excavated into it from the south, opening out into a central hollow, 4 metres in diameter and 0.7 metres deep. This is said to be the result from an unrecorded amateur excavation carried out before World War II. The cental barrow has a mound, 18 metres in diameter and 1.5 metres high, and the eastern barrow has a mound, 10 metres in diameter and 0.3 metres high. All are surrounded by quarry ditches from which material was excavated during their construction, now visible as slight depressions 3 metres wide. <7>
The feature is visible on aerial photographs <6> and was digitally plotted for the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.
<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1903 (Map). SWX1540.
('A' - SY 54798668, 'B' - SY 54838667) Tumuli (NR)
<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 191 (Monograph). SDO97.
‘(11) Barrows, on the ridge of Tulk's Hill, 1 to 1½ m. S.E. of the church, are six in number. … (e), 40 yards E. of (d), is a bowl barrow 45 ft. in diam. and 5 ft. high with traces possibly of a ditch.’
<3> Swatridge, G C, Various, Field Investigators Comments GCS, F1 GCS 21-MAR-55 (Unpublished document). SWX1169.
<4> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 129 (Monograph). SDO132.
<5> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1968 (Map). SWX1540.
(SY 54798668, SY 54838667, SY 54858668) Tumuli (NR)
<6> 06-OCT-2000, NMR SY5486/11 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12167.
<7> National Record of the Historic Environment, 450538 (Digital archive). SDO14739.
Sources/Archives (7)
- <1> SWX1540 Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Map 6in. 6 inch to 1 mile. 1903.
- <2> SDO97 Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England. 1952. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West). 191.
- <3> SWX1169 Unpublished document: Swatridge, G C. Various. Field Investigators Comments GCS. F1 GCS 21-MAR-55.
- <4> SDO132 Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 129.
- <5> SWX1540 Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Map 6in. 6 inch to 1 mile. 1968.
- <6> SDO12167 Aerial Photograph: 06-OCT-2000. NMR SY5486/11.
- <7> SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 450538.
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Location
Grid reference | Centred SY 5483 8666 (17m by 23m) (3 map features) |
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Map sheet | SY58NW |
Civil Parish | Puncknowle; Dorset |
Unitary Authority | Dorset |
Protected Status/Designation
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 095 011 E
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: 450538
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 58 NW 22
- Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Puncknowle 11e
Record last edited
Feb 3 2025 12:50PM