Monument record MDO45958 - Natural feature, Bug Barrow, Bere Regis

A natural feature mistaken in the past for a burial mound. Reputedly known as Bug Barrow, but this name appears to have been used for this part of Bere Regis

A bowl barrow, known as Bug Barrow according to Mrs M E Cunnington. <2>

This mound has every appearance of being perfectly natural, any form of measurement is quite impossible and it bears no resemblance to any known form of tumulus. <3>

The feature shown on the 1902 6" and 1956 25" is nothing more than a steep natural bluff which has been scarped in the interests of the dwellings beneath it. It bears no resemblance to a barrow, nor
is there any trace of a barrow on it. 'Bugbarrow' may once have applied to a tumulus, but when Hutchins wrote it was the name of a 'hamlet' of Bere Regis which comprised three houses and the School. Grinsell adds 'natural?' in his published 'Dorset Barrows'. <4>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1902 (Map). SWX1540.

(SY 84689508) Tumulus (NR)

<2> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 09-JUL-52 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

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 Grinsell, L V, Dorset Barrows (Unpublished MSs) (Unpublished document).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

<3> Colquhoun, F D, Field Investigators Comments FDC, F2 FDC 14-JAN-55 (Unpublished document). SWX2609.

<4> Various, Field Investigators Comments WW, F3 WW 25-SEP-61 (Unpublished document). SWX3963.

<4.1> Hutchins, J, 1774, The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset. Volume 1. 1st edition, 73 (Monograph). SWX2949.

<4.2> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 89 (Monograph). SDO132.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 456010 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Aug 22 2024 4:29PM