Monument record MDO2545 - 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 being 27 feet in diameter with a mound 2½ feet high. The mound has been disturbed, probably as a consequence of antiquarian investigation.

Barrow 'G' - SY 64749562 one of six grass covered bowl barrows varying from 6.5 to 16 metres in diameter and 0.7 to 2 metres high. <2>

Not listed. <3>

The bowl barrow is generally as described by Authority <4>. The measurements are now 9.8 metres in diameter and 0.8 metres high. Barrow revised at 1:2500 on MSD. <5>

<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. … (c), 155 yards E. by N. of (a), is 27 ft. in diam. and 2½ ft. high, it has been disturbed.'

<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 Swatridge, G C, Various, Field Investigators Comments GCS, F1 GCS 27-JAN-1955 (Unpublished document).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> Attrill, N J, Field Investigators Comments NJA, F2 NJA 04-FEB-1981 (Unpublished document). SDO14743.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1457332 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Jan 16 2025 6:32PM