Monument record MDO2541 - Bowl barrow, Stratton

(SY 64929604) Tumulus (NR). (1)

A bowl barrow, 52 feet diameter and 5.5 feet high situated 50 yards northeast of Jackman's Cross. (2-3)

A grass covered bowl barrow, 16 metres in diameter and 1.7 metres high with a large central excavation dug in from the east. A vague ditch surrounds the mound. (4)

"SY 648963. Three round barrows NE of Jackman's Cross" are scheduled according to DOE. The barrow at SY 64929604 (see above) is definitely one of them and the barrow in Coronation Plantation (see SY 69 NE 34) is presumably another. A third barrow cannot be traced. (5)

Bowl barrow in Jackman's Plantation at SY 64919603: as described by Authority (4) excepting that it is now 18 metres in diameter and 1.7 metres high with no visible ditch.

Revised at 1:2500 on MSD. (6)

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 229 (Monograph). SDO97.

‘(13) BOWL BARROW, 50 yards N.E. of Jackman’s Cross, is 52 ft. in diam. and 5½ ft. high.’

<3> Swatridge, G C, Various, Field Investigators Comments GCS, F1 GCS 27-JAN-1955 (Unpublished document). SWX1169.

<4> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 132 (Monograph). SDO132.

<5> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 1:10,000 scale map, 1974 (Map). SDO17396.

(SY 64929604) Tumulus (NR).

<6> DOE, 1977, Scheduled Monument Notification DOE (IAM) AMs Eng 1977, 69 (Scheduling record). SDO17495.

<7> Attrill, N J, Field Investigators Comments NJA, F2 NJA 04-FEB-1981 (Unpublished document). SDO14743.

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 453202 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Jul 19 2024 4:41PM