Monument record MDO2782 - Bowl barrow, one of the Southover Heath Group, Tolpuddle

A bowl barrow, one of the Southover Heath Group of round barrows. In 1970 this monument was reported as being around 49 feet in diameter with a mound abut 6.5 feet high. This barrow is covered with trees and bracken, and a disused trackway has cut into it on the north-west side.

Five tree or fern-covered round barrows on Southover Heath with no traces of ditch and mainly free from mutilation. 'C' - Bowl barrow, 16.0m diameter and 1.9m high. <1>

'C' - (12) - SY 77939286. Bowl barrow, 49ft diameter and 61/2ft high, covered with brcaken and trees. A trackway cuts into it on the north-west. Grinsell refers to this barrow as 16 paces in diameter x 5ft high. <2> <4>

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

'C' SY 77919285, as described. None of the barrows C - E has a visible ditch. Re-surveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. <6>

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 Rigg, J, Field Investigators Comments JR, 23/09/1952 (Unpublished document).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

('C' - SY 77939286; 'D' - SY 78049284; 'E' - SY 78049294) Tumulus (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.

<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 Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, 23/01/1981 (Unpublished document).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> National Record of the Historic Environment, 454863 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Oct 7 2024 2:15PM