Monument record MDO2491 - Three Cornered Coppice: barrow

Site of a Bronze Age bowl barrow, visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. In 1970 this monument was recorded as being around 70 feet in diameter with a mound about 1 foot high.

'A' - Very spread bowl barrow, 24.0m diameter and 0.3m high. <2>

'A' SY 70659440, ploughed to a vague and unsurveyable swelling. Re-surveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. <5>

Barrow `A' is now crossed by a hedge and a track and has been almost obliterated. It is not recommended for scheduling. Ground photo with archive report. <6>

Site of a Bronze Age bowl barrow visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs. The mound is 22m across with an outer ditch. <7>

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

('A' - SY 70659440 'B' - SY 70969441) Tumulus (NR) twice

<2> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 02-DEC-54 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<3> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 131 (Monograph). SDO132.

<4> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 1, 257 (Monograph). SDO146.

'(16) Bowl (70659440), 80 yds. E.N.E. of (15), on a gentle W. slope at over 400 ft. above O.D., is poorly defined. Diam. 70 ft., ht. 1 ft.'

<5> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F2 JGB 12-NOV-80 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<6> English Heritage, English Heritage Alternative Action Report, MPPA, 13-Apr-1999 (Scheduling record). SDO18279.

<7> 25-JAN-2005, NMR SY 7094/10-13 (23745/26-29) (Aerial Photograph). SDO10673.

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 455060 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Oct 27 2023 3:40PM