Monument record MDO2780 - Bowl barrow, one of the Southover Heath Group, Tolpuddle

One of nine round barrows which make up the Southover Heath Group. It is covered with trees and undergrowth. An apparent berm on the N. and E. is probably the remains of a later tree ring. 50ft. in diam and 8ft. high. The barrow is visible as an earthwork on lidar imagery of 2010.

Five tree or fern-covered round barrows on Southover Heath with no traces of ditch and mainly free from mutilation. 'A' - Bowl barrow, 17.0m diameter and 1.7m high has been slightly mutilated in the southern quadrant by a track. <1>

'A' - (10) - SY 77779302. Bowl barrow, 50ft diameter and 8ft high, covered with trees and undergrowth. An apparent berm on the north and east is probably the remains of alater tree-ring. Grinsell refers to this barrow as 18 paces diameter x 6 ft high. <2> <4>

"SY 779929 Group of four round barrows on Sothover Heath Scheduled". <5>

'A' SY 77759301, as described but no visible berm. Re-surveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. <6>

One of nine round barrows which make up the Southover Heath Group. It is covered with trees and undergrowth. An apparent berm on the N. and E. is probably the remains of a later tree ring.

The barrow is visible as an earthwork on lidar imagery of 2010 <7>. It is sub-circular in shape and measures 17 m in diameter. The barrow is close to another scheduled in the same group (see MDO2781). This feature was digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.

<1> Rigg, J, Field Investigators Comments JR, 23/09/1952 (Unpublished document). SWX1255.

<2> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 137 (Monograph). SDO132.

<3> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1963 (Map). SWX1540.

('A'- SY 77759302; 'B' - SY 77809298) TUMULI (NR)

<4> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 2, 290 (Monograph). SDO136.

(10) Bowl (77779302) is covered with trees and undergrowth. An apparent berm on the N. and E. is probably the remains of a later tree-ring. Diam. 50 ft., ht. 8 ft.

<5> Department of the Environment, 1978, Department of the Environment (IAM) Ancient Monuments of England (Vol 2), 70 (Monograph). SWX1687.

<6> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, 23/01/1981 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<7> Environment Agency, 2010, Lidar DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO13148.

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 454863 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Oct 7 2024 2:16PM