Monument record MDO4331 - Round barrow, Charlton Down, Melbury Abbas

Bronze age bowl barrow situated on the county boundary between Dorset and Wiltshire. In 1972 this monument was reported as around 60 feet in diameter, with a mound about 3½ feet high. In 1956 the Ordnance Survey noted that it was crossed by a small boundary bank and ditch, the bank of which was 0.4 metre high. The record for this monument has been enhanced with support from Wessex Water.

ST 89542091. An unpublished barrow. Diameter 20 paces and height 3 1/2 ft. Discovered by L V Grinsell. Listed under bowl barrows. <1>

ST 89552089. A grass covered barrow. The mound is 22.0m. in diameter and 0.4m. high, but is cossed by a small boundary bank and ditch, the bank of which is 0.4m. high. There is no visible ditch surrounding the mound, which appears to be a bowl barrow. <2>

<1> Rigg, J, Field Investigators Comments JR, F1 JR 14-JUN-55 (Unpublished document). SWX1255.

<1.1> Grinsell, L V, 1935-54, Dorset Barrows 1935-54 Manuscript (Unpublished document). SWX1556.

<2> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F2 NVQ 24-JAN-56 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<3> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 119 (Monograph). SDO132.

<4> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1969 (Map). SWX1540.

(ST 89552089) Tumulus (NR)

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

'(15) Bowl (89542091), near the top of Breeze Hill and more than 700 ft. above O.D., lies on the boundary between Dorset and Wiltshire; diam. 60 ft., ht. 3½ ft.'

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 206525 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Sep 30 2022 2:46PM