Monument record MDO4328 - Bowl barrow on Breeze Hill, Melbury Abbas

Remains of a Bronze Age ditched bowl barrow. In 1972 this barrow was recorded as having a diameter of approximately 30 feet and a mound less than a foot high. The monument forms part of a dispersed group of barrows on Breeze Hill. The record for this monument has been enhanced with support from Wessex Water.

When surveyed by the Ordnance Survey in 1956, no traces of this barrow were visible on the ground.
Two bowl barrows: 'A' - diameter 10 paces and height 1/2ft - on arable land. 'B' - Diameter 10 paces and height 1ft. Slightly hollow centre. Under grass 1953. (2)

'A': No traces of this barrow are visible on the ground, and it has apparently been ploughed out. The site is grass covered. <3>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1930 (Map). SWX1540.

('A' ST 89892018 ; 'B' ST 89702015) Tumulus (NR) (Twice)

<2> Rigg, J, Field Investigators Comments JR, F1 JR 14-JUN-55 (Unpublished document). SWX1255.

<2.1> Grinsell, L V, Dorset Barrows (Unpublished MSs) (Unpublished document). SWX2678.

<3> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F2 NVQ 24-JAN-56 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

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

<5> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1972, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume IV (North), 48 (Monograph). SDO99.

(12) Bowl (89892018), 200 yds. E. of (11), lies at over 800 ft. above O.D. ; diam. 30 ft., ht. less than 1 ft.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 206533 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Sep 16 2022 3:28PM