Monument record MDO4326 - Bowl barrow on Breeze Hill, Melbury Abbas

A Bronze Age ditched bowl barrow, part of a dispersed group of barrows on Breeze Hill. In 1972 this monument was recorded as being around 39 feet in diameter with a mound about one foot high. Traces of a ditch were noted. The record for this monument has been enhanced with support from Wessex Water.

'A' A bowl barrow at ST 89211982. Diameter 39 feet and height 1 foot. Traces of a ditch. <2>

Two ploughed down bowl barrows situated on a north-south spur. 'A' at ST 89211982 is currently under pasture, it has a diameter of 10.0m and a height of 0.2m. There is now no visible ditch. Revised at 1:2500 on AM. <3>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1962 (Map). SWX1540.

ST 89211982 Tumulus (NR) ST 89221962 Tumulus (NR)

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1972, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume IV (North), 48 (Monograph). SDO99.

(10) Bowl (89211982), 200 yds. N. of (9), lies at over 700 ft. above O.D.; diam. 39 ft., ht. 1 ft. Traces of a ditch.

<3> Barrett, G, Various, Field Investigators Comments GB, F1 GB 16-FEB-78 (Unpublished document). SDO17369.

<4> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 119 (Monograph). SDO132.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 205883 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Sep 30 2022 2:45PM