Monument record MDO2855 - Bowl barrow, West Knighton

A Bronze Age bowl barrow said originally to have been around 70 feet in diameter. Much disturbed by antiquarian investigation around 1890 when what is thought to have been a cremation in a bucket urn was found beneath a cairn.

Bowl barrow (SY 73788924). Virtually destroyed 1890, when diameter 70ft. Contained probable primary cremation in bucket urn beneath cairn.<1> <2>

No visible remains. <4>

Probable primary cremation in Late Bronze Age bucket urn with four lugs. Beneath cairn. <5>

A Bronze Age bowl barrow visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs <7>. May be associated with another barrow (MDO20799) situated directly to the west of it.

Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Externally held archive: RCH01/093 RCHME Inventory: Dorset II (South-East) (Unpublished document). SDO17434.

<1> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1916, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club for 1916 (Serial). SDO25.

<2> Hawkes, C F C, 1933, Barrows. Antiquaries Journal 13, 445 (Article in serial). SWX4347.

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

(SY 73778924) Tumulus (NR) (Site of) (NAT)

<4> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 139 (Monograph). SDO132.

<5> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 445 (Monograph). SDO150.

‘(22) Bowl (?) (SY 78 NW; 73788924). Virtually destroyed 1890, when diam. 70 ft. Contained probable primary cremation in bucket urn beneath cairn. (Ant. J. XIII (1933), 445).’

<6> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F1 JGB 29-NOV-79 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<7> Royal Air Force, 11-MAR-1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2491 3006-8 (Aerial Photograph). SDO10951.

<9> National Record of the Historic Environment, 454034 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Sep 4 2023 6:39PM