Monument record MDO391 - Round barrow in Seven Barrow Plantation, Bradford Peverell

Bowl barrow in Seven Barrow Plantation, Bradford Peverell. In 1952 this monument was recorded as being of unknown diameter and height, and entirely overgrown.

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

'H' - (SY 64739246). Mound, entirely overgrown (no dimensions given). (RCHM No 12g; Grinsell's Bradford Peverell bowl barrow No 15). (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. (6)

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.

'H'. SY 64749246. A bowl barrow, with a diameter of 19.0 metres east to west, and 20.0 metres north to south; it is 2.5 metres high. There is no visible surrounding ditch, but it is abutted on the north side by 'J'. (See ground photograph). Barrows surveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D.

Part of the barrows and mounds in Seven Barrow Plantation; 12 in number and they are much overgrown. The barrow is entirely overgrown. <1>

This barrow was of unknown diameter (?) and height (?). It was covered with bushes. <2>

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)

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 Report on Archaeological Geophysical Survey 2013 (Unpublished document).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Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F2 NVQ 17-MAR-81 (Unpublished document).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 Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 35-36 (Monograph). SDO97.

<2> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 96 (Monograph). SDO132.

<3> Lovell, J, 1997, 33KV Mains Replacement, Bradford Peverell, Dorset. Archaeological Watching Brief (Unpublished document). SDO12343.

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Mar 15 2024 10:11AM