Monument record MDO2544 - Bowl barrow on Grimstone Down, Stratton

One of a group of eight bowl barrows recorded on Grimstone Down. In 1952 this monument was recorded as 36 feet in diameter with a mound about 1½ feet high. It is very disturbed in the middle, probably as a consequence of antiquarian investigation.

One of a group of round barrows on Grimstone Down: Barrow 'H' - SY 64619560. A bowl barrow, 36 feet in diameter and 1 1/2 feet high, much disturbed in centre. <1>

Barrow 'H' - SY 64619560 is rough rectangular earthwork of unknown purpose and date with sides 6 metres long formed by a bank 2 metres wide with an outer height of 0.4 metres and an inner height of 0.2 metres. The bank is surrounded on the south and west sides by a ditch 2 metres wide by 0.2 metres deep. The enclosed area is slightly raised above the surrounding side with no visible entrance. <2>

Not listed by Grinsell. <3>

Barrow H': As described by Authority 2 save that the raised interior has a surrounding bank (see plan and ground photograph). Probably a barrow but of unusual type. It is doubtful if it has been robbed. Barrow surveyed at 1:2500. <4>

<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. … (b), 20 yards E. of (a), is 36 ft. in diam. and now 1½ ft. high, it has been much 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 Swatridge, G C, Various, Field Investigators Comments GCS, F1 GCS 27-JAN-1955 (Unpublished document).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> Attrill, N J, Field Investigators Comments NJA, F2 NJA 04-FEB-1981 (Unpublished document). SDO14743.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 453207 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Jan 16 2025 6:32PM