Monument record MDO3485 - Bowl barrow, Crossways

Parts of D/R urn with burnt bones probably from this site in DCM. (Grinsell)
AP 1934.3076

('A' SY 75878828, 'B' SY 75898821, 'C' SY 76038805) Tumulus (NR) (Three Times). (1)

Three barrows destroyed by gravel quarrying before 1954. (4)

'C' - This barrow was destroyed by gravel digging in 1935-6, but was excavated by some persons prior to its destruction. Some urns were found, which I believe were sent to Dorchester Museum. Barrows 'B' &'A' were probably destroyed during the recent war, when an airfield was constructed at Woodsford Heath. (2)

Fragment of a Late Bronze Age cinerary urn and burnt bones from a barrow at Warmwell Pit presented to the Dorset County Museum - acc No 1936.89.1 - by Major Foster, Warmwell (3.1).

'A' This barrow has been destroyed, its site being occupied by a pillbox of the airfield defences. (The airfield is now disused, and under the plough).

'B' Destroyed; this barrow has been gravelled away. In view of authority 3a, it seems probable that the Late Bronze Age urn fragment in the Dorset County Museum came from this barrow, but Mr Hodder
thought that more than one urn was found when the excavation took place. Major Foster of Warmwell is now deceased. (3)

'A' - SY 75878829 - Warmwell 2.
'B' - SY 75898821 - Warmwell 3.
'C' - SY 76048804 - Warmwell 4.

Three bowl barrows listed, as Authy 2. (5,7)

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

SY 76038805 Tumulus

<2> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 10-DEC-54 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<2.1> Hodder, Mr J, 1954, Mr J Hodder, Manager, Warmwell Pits, Warmwell (Verbal communication). SDO17977.

<3> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F2 NVQ 13-DEC-54 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<3.1> Dorset County Museum, Dorset County Museum Accessions Book, acc No
1936.89.1 (Unpublished document). SWX1315.

<4> Grinsell, L V, 1935-54, Dorset Barrows 1935-54 Manuscript (Unpublished document). SWX1556.

<5> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 139 (Monograph). SDO132.

'Destroyed by gravel-quarrying before 1954.'

<6> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 455 (Monograph). SDO150.

‘Only one barrow remains. Three probable bowls in an irregular line at 75878829, 75898822 and 76038805 have been destroyed. Black Hill Clump is a natural knoll with a tree-clump enclosure on top.’

<7> Grinsell, L V, 1982, Dorset Barrows Supplement, 52 (Monograph). SWX1703.

<8> Historic England, Historic England Archive, RCH01/093 (Index). SDO14738.

RCHME Inventory: Dorset II (South-East) A collection of archive relating to the Dorset inventory Volume Dorset II (South East). The archive consists of a wide range of material including original field notes, surveys, profiles, photographs and negatives, measured drawings, and publication proofs, and correspondence.

<9> National Record of the Historic Environment, 453862 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

May 4 2022 2:15PM