Monument record MDO2549 - Bowl barrow on Grimstone Down, Stratton

One of a group of round barrows on Grimstone Down: Barrow 'E' - SY 64449545. A bowl barrow, 18 feet in diameter and 3 feet high. <1>

Not listed. <2>

Barrow 'E' - SY 64439545; One of six grass covered bowl barrows varying from 6.5 to 16 metres in diameter and 0.7 to 2.0 metres high. <3>

A bowl barrow as described by Authority <3> though it is now scrub covered. It measures 6.5 metres in diameter and 0.8 metres high, with a lynchet traceable to its southern side. 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. … (g), 150 yards E.N.E. of (e), is 18 ft. in diam. and 3 ft. high.’

<2> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 131 (Monograph). SDO132.

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 Swatridge, G C, Various, Field Investigators Comments GCS, F1 GCS 27-JAN-1955 (Unpublished document).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

<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 Attrill, N J, Field Investigators Comments NJA, F2 NJA 04-FEB-1981 (Unpublished document).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> Historic England, Historic England Archive, ORD01/02 (Index). SDO14738.

Archaeological photographs. NAR Photograph Cataloguing Project

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

BOWL BARROWS AT STRATTON. EARTHWORK FROM THE WEST.

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

BOWL BARROWS AT STRATTON. EARTHWORK FROM WEST.

<9> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1457330 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Jan 16 2025 6:32PM