Monument record MDO45697 - Mound in Mudoak Wood, Ashmore

The earthwork at ST 92131698, which Grinsell identifies as a bowl barrow, is almost certainly part of the bank of the adjoining dyke (ST 91 NW 35). <2-3>

This slight amorphous mound does not appear to be a bowl barrow. It lies on the line of the dyke (ST 91 NW 35) and is almost certainly part of it; the barrow-like appearance resulting from modern mutilation. <4>

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

ST 92131698 Tumulus (NR)

<2> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 87 (Monograph). SDO132.

<3> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1972, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume IV (North), 3 (Monograph). SDO99.

'(16) DYKE (91931675), in Mudoak Wood, extends from S.W. to N.E. for some 900 yds. across a low spur and a dry valley, at altitudes between 500 ft. and 600 ft. above sea level; at its N.E. end it crosses the boundary with Wiltshire. This earthwork is best preserved for a distance of about 300 yds. in Mudoak Wood, where the bank is 20ft. across and 2 ft. high and the ditch, lying along the N.W. side of the bank, is 25 ft. across and 2 ft deep. A so-called 'barrow' on the line of the dyke at 92131698 is almost certainly part of the bank. Between Mudoak Wood and the country boundary the dyke has almost been destroyed by ploughing, but it is clearly earlier than the agger of the Roman road, which crosses it. At the S.W. end the earthwork has been disturbed by track.'

<4> Barrett, G, Various, Field Investigators Comments GB, F1 GB 06-MAR-78 (Unpublished document). SDO17369.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 209923 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Sep 12 2024 1:14PM