Monument record MDO2435 - Bowl barrow on Hammiton Hill, Shipton Gorge

A small barrow is on a hill called HAMMERCOMB. <1>

A bowl barrow; diameter 25 paces, height 5 ft. <3>

[Similar information]. <4>

A grass covered but ditchless bowl barrow, with a diameter of 25.0 m, and a height of 1.8 m. <5>

Name HAMMERCOMB (T.2) not confirmed. Prob. modern HAMMITON as on O.S. 6" 1930. <6>

Bronze Age bowl barrow on the edge of Hammiton Hill, visible as low earthworks on aerial photographs. <8>

<1> Shipp, W, and Hodson, J W (eds), 1863, The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset. 3rd edition. Volume 2, 283 (Monograph). SWX1269.

<2> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1930 (Map). SWX1540.

[SY 51019124] TUMULUS [OE]

<3> Grinsell, L V, 1935-54, Dorset Barrows 1935-54 Manuscript (Unpublished document). SWX1556.

<4> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 223 (Monograph). SDO97.

'(1) MOUND, probably a bowl barrow, on Hammiton Hill, ¾ m. E. of the church, is about 86 ft. by 76 ft. across and 5½ ft. high.'

<5> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 05-MAY-55 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<6> Field Investigators Comments HC, F2 HC 09-MAY-55 (Unpublished document). SWX1260.

<7> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 131 (Monograph). SDO132.

<8> 14-APR-1984, NMR OS/84029 256-7 (Aerial Photograph). SDO11383.

<9> National Record of the Historic Environment, 451340 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Jan 16 2025 5:06PM