Monument record MDO2543 - Bowl barrow on Grimstone Down, Stratton

One of a group of eight bowl barrows recorded on Grimstone Down. In 1952 this monument was reported as 50 feet in diameter with a mound 5 feet high. It has been disturbed in the middle, probably by antiquarian investigation.

One of a group of round barrows on Grimstone Down: Barrow 'F' - SY 64609560. A bowl barrow, 50 feet in diameter and 5 feet high, with a disturbed centre. <1>

Barrow 'F' - SY 64609560, one of six grass covered bowl barrows varying from 6.5 to 16 metres in diameter and 0.7 to 2 metres high. <4>

"SY 642958. Group of four mound barrows on Grimstone Down". Scheduled. <5>

The barrow is as generally described by Authority (4). It is an elongated barrow, measuring 17 metres northeast-southwest and 12.8 metres northwest to southeast, and 1.6 metres high. (See plan and ground photograph). Surveyed at 1:2500, <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.

'(15) BOWL BARROWS, on Grimstone Down, are eight in number. The first (a), 540 yards S.S.W. of Jackman's Cross and 220 yards W. of Grimstone Down Plantation, is 50 ft. in diam. and 5 ft. high; it has been disturbed in the middle.'

<2> Swatridge, G C, Various, Field Investigators Comments GCS, F1 GCS 27-JAN-1955 (Unpublished document). SWX1169.

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

<4> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 1:10,000 scale map, 1974 (Map). SDO17396.

(Centred SY 645955) Tumuli (NR) (twice) Tumulus (NR (Seven mounds shown)

<5> Ancient Monuments Board for England, Scotland and Wales, 1977, Annual Report, 69 (Serial). SDO19544.

<6> Attrill, N J, Field Investigators Comments NJA, F2 NJA 04-FEB-1981 (Unpublished document). SDO14743.

<7> Historic England, Historic England Archive, ORD01/02 (Index). SDO14738.

Archaeological photographs. NAR Photograph Cataloguing Project

<8> Historic England, Historic England Archive, OS55/F32/7 (Index). SDO14738.

BOWL BARROWS AT STRATTON. EARTHWORK FROM THE WEST.

<9> Historic England, Historic England Archive, OS55/F32/8 (Index). SDO14738.

BOWL BARROWS AT STRATTON. EARTHWORK FROM WEST.

<10> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1457331 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Jan 16 2025 6:31PM