Monument record MDO3486 - Tinker's Barrow, Crossways

A bowl barrow described in 1970 as being around 44 feet in diameter with amound about 4 feet high and an encircling ditch about 9 feet wide. The mound has a large hole in the centre, presumably caused by antiquarian investigation.

Tinkers' Barrow, ditched bowl (SY 77918785). In plantation on top of S slope. Diameter 44ft, height 4ft, with ditch 9ft wide. Large excavation on top. <2,3>

Tinker's Barrow (name in local use). A bowl-barrow, diameter 13.5m, height 1.2m, a silted outer ditch 3.3m wide and 0.3m deep. Covered by dense rhododendrons. Published Survey (1:2500) revised on MSD. <4>

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

(SY 77908785) Tinker's Barrow (NR)

<2> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 122 (Monograph). SDO132.

<3> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 447 (Monograph). SDO150.

‘(31) Tinkers’ Barrow, ditched bowl (SY 78 NE; 77918785). In plantation on top of S. slope. Diam. 44 ft., ht. 4 ft., with ditch 9 ft. wide. Large excavation on top.’

<4> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F1 JGB 04-DEC-79 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<5> 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.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 453877 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Jul 4 2024 10:32AM