Monument record MDO404 - Bowl barrow on Bradford Down, Bradford Peverell

An oval mound ('B'), 9 ins high (no diameter given) possibly a barrow situated on Bradford Down. <2>

'B' - Low barrow traceable in dense undergrowth. Not measured. <3>

'A' and 'B' both listed as bowl barrows by Grinsell.<4>

SY 649909. Round barrow south of Three-cornered Plantation. Scheduled. <5>

Both these barrows have been completely ploughed out; deleted from M.S.D. <6>

Possible site of a Bronze Age bowl barrow visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. The site is showing as a ring ditch, 11m across. This is on the small side for a Bronze Age round barrow and it's location, close to the edge of the field means that a modern agricultural origin (tractor turning mark?) cannot be ruled out. <8>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1927-38 (Map). SWX1540.

('A' - SY 64919095; 'B' - SY 65129093) Tumulus (NR) (twice)

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

<3> Rigg, J, Field Investigators Comments JR, F1 JR 13-SEP-54 (Unpublished document). SWX1255.

<4> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 96 (Monograph). SDO132.

<5> Department of the Environment, 1977, Department of the Environment (IAM) Ancient Monuments of England Vol 2, 96 (Monograph). SWX2300.

<6> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F2 JGB 02-MAR-81 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<7> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010 (Unpublished document). SDO12407.

<8> 07-MAR-1989, NMR OS/89079 278-9 (Aerial Photograph). SDO10863.

<9> National Record of the Historic Environment, 453776 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Oct 26 2023 3:13PM