Monument record MDO2837 - Bowl barrow at Shatcombe Lane, West Compton

A mound interpreted as the probable remains of a Bronze Age round barrow, much disturbed. In 1952 this monument was reported as being 50 to 60 feet in diameter with a mound about 5½ feet high.

A bowl barrow on the Toller Porcorum boundary. Diameter 15 paces, height 4 ft. <2>

Mound, probably the remains of a barrow, 50 to 60 ftdiameter and 3.5 ft high. It has been much disturbed. <3>

This bowl barrow has been severely mutilated by rabbits and is completely overgrown with brambles and thorn. Approximate dimensions;diameter 15.0m, height 0.5m. There is no visible surrounding ditch. <4>

SY 54969484. Compton Abbas (South) 1. Bowl barrow listed, details asAuthy 2. <5>

SY 550948. Round Barrow beside Shotcombe Lane. Scheduled. <6-7>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1903 (Map). SWX1540.

(SY 54969484) Tumulus (NR)

<2> Grinsell, L V, 1935-54, Dorset Barrows 1935-54 Manuscript (Unpublished document). SWX1556.

<3> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 99 (Monograph). SDO97.

<4> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 20-MAY-55 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<5> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 102 (Monograph). SDO132.

<6> Department of the Environment, DOE (IAM) Ancient Monuments Record Form, July 1957 (Index). SDO17347.

<7> Department of the Environment, 1978, Department of the Environment (IAM) Ancient Monuments of England (Vol 2), 71 (Monograph). SWX1687.

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 451430 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

May 2 2023 4:36PM