Monument record MDO2608 - Bowl barrow on East Hill, Sydling St Nicholas

One of a group of four bowl barrows on East Hill. In 1952 this monument was reported as being around 27 feet in diameter with a mound about two feet high. The barrow is visible as a low mound around 11m in diameter on a 1995 aerial photograph and was digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Frome AIM project.

One of a group of four bowl barrows on East Hill. In 1952 this monument was reported as being around 27 feet in diameter with a mound about two feet high. The barrow is visible as a low mound around 11m in diameter on a 1995 aerial photograph and was digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Frome AIM project <5>. The feature is still faintly visible as an earthwork on current Google Earth imagery.

Bowl barrows on East Hill: 'a'; the southernmost, within the 700ft contour, is 27ft in diameter and 2ft high. <2>

A group of three bowl barrows, situated on the flat top of a south eastern spur. All are much reduced by ploughing, with no evidence of ditches. 'a' ST 6222 0242. A grass-covered bowl barrow 11.0m in diameter and 0.5m high. … Revised at 1:2500. <4>

Simons, M A, Oral information, correspondence (not archived) or staff comments: note on old Dorset SMR card (Verbal communication). SDO17553.

‘All visited 7/6/83. All ploughed and under a crop of winter wheat. 28A. Large flinty cairn about 2’ high. No obvious disturbance.’

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, ('a' ST 62220242; 'b' ST 62160244; 'c' ST 62130248) Tumuli (NR) (Map). SWX1540.

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 236 (Monograph). SDO97.

‘(28) BOWL BARROWS, on East Hill over 2 m. N.N.W. of the church, are four in number. The southernmost (1), within the 700 ft. contour, is 27 ft. in diam. and 2 ft. high. (b), 50 yards N.W. of (a), is 33 ft. in diam. and 2½ ft. high. (c), 50 yards N.N.W. of (b), is 27 ft. in diam. and 1½ ft. high. (d), 200 yards N.W. of (c), is 30 ft. in diam. and 3 ft. high.’

<3> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 133 (Monograph). SDO132.

<4> Attrill, N J, Field Investigators Comments NJA, F1 NJA 28-SEP-76 (Unpublished document). SDO14743.

<5> Ordnance Survey, 13-MAR-95, OS 95033 V 074 (Aerial Photograph). SDO17059.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 199195 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Oct 30 2024 10:48AM