Monument record MDO47306 - Bowl barrow on Puddletown Down, Puddletown

The site of Bronze Age barrow is visible as a low earthwork mound on lidar imagery and was digitally recorded during the Dorset Upper Cern and Piddle AIM Project.

Four large bowl barrows, three located as above, and a fourth barrow ('D') at SY 75409738. <2>

Four grass covered bowl barrows are situated as above, except that (A) is at SY 75389736. They show no evidence of ditches or excavations, and range from 17 to 25 metres in diameter by 0.6 to 1.6 metres in height. <3>

Three round barrows in line on Puddletown Down: (D) (Not mentioned in text, but shown on map in end pocket). <5>

'D'. SY 75389737. A probable barrow, diameter approximately 20.0m., height 0.1m., A slight mound, almost ploughed out. All the barrows are in arable and have been ploughed over; none has a visible ditch. Re-surveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. <6>

The site of Bronze Age barrow is visible as a low earthwork mound on lidar imagery and was digitally recorded during the Dorset Upper Cern and Piddle AIM Project. <8>

<1> Grinsell, L V, 1935-54, Dorset Barrows 1935-54 Manuscript (Unpublished document). SWX1556.

<2> Swatridge, G C, Various, Field Investigators Comments GCS, F1 GCS 05-OCT-54 (Unpublished document). SWX1169.

<3> Swatridge, G C, Various, Field Investigators Comments GCS, F2 GCS 01-DEC-54 (Unpublished document). SWX1169.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1:2500 scale, 1964 (Map). SWX1197.

(SY752974) Tumuli (NR) (Four)

<5> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 2, 231 (Monograph). SDO136.

'(54) Bowl (75349742) lies 180 yds. S.E. of (53). Diam. 79 ft., ht. 3 ft.'

<6> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F3 JGB 20-OCT-80 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<7> National Record of the Historic Environment, 454481 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

<8> Environment Agency, 15-DEC-2023, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO20691.

Record last edited

Aug 10 2024 7:38PM