Monument record MDO388 - Bowl barrow in Seven Barrow Plantation, Bradford Peverell

Site of a Bronze Age bowl barrow visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs. One of a group of barrows and mounds in Seven Barrow Plantation.

A group of barrows and mounds in Seven Barrow Plantation: (2)

'E' -(SY 64729240). Bowl barrow, 68ft diameter and 5ft high with remains of ditch. (RCHM No 12d; Grinsell's Bradford Peverell bowl barrow No 9). (3)

The area in which these barrows lie is so densely covered with trees and undergrowth that it could only be penetrated in part. Mounds 'D','E','F','G','L', and 'M' appear to be bowl barrows and 'C' a long barrow.

An unusual barrow group situated near the crest of a broad south-west spur. The undergrowth which formerly obscured the group and limited investigation has been removed and the north-west half of the area completely cleared of woodland. This part is regularly used as a cattle pen with the consequence that severe damage is incurred by their trampling, especially to the lower monuments. See plan and ground photographs.

'E'. SY 64719239. A conifer covered bowl barrow, 18.0 metres in diameter a d 2.8 metres high, with no visible ditch. Barrows surveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D.

Site of a Bronze Age bowl barrow visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs. One of a group of barrows and mounds in Seven Barrow Plantation. <1>

Part of the barrows and mounds in Seven Barrow Plantation; 12 in number and they are much overgrown. 68ft. In diam and 5ft. High with the remains of a ditch. <2>

This barrow was 23 paces in diameter and 5 feet in height.D. <3>

National Record of the Historic Environment, 453739 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 25 inch scale map, 1929 (Map). SDO18020.

(Centred SY 647924) Tumuli (NR) (fifteen shown)

Lovell, J, 1997, 33KV Mains Replacement, Bradford Peverell, Dorset. Archaeological Watching Brief (Unpublished document). SDO12343.

Bartlett, A, 2013, Seven Barrow Plantation, Penn Hill, Bradford Peverell, West Dorset. Report on Archaeological Geophysical Survey 2013 (Unpublished document). SDO16515.

Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F2 NVQ 17-MAR-81 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<1> Royal Air Force, 22-JAN-1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2431 3137-39 (Aerial Photograph). SDO11178.

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 35-36 (Monograph). SDO97.

<3> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 96 (Monograph). SDO132.

Record last edited

Mar 15 2024 10:11AM