Monument record MDO47583 - Bowl barrow on Hambledon Hill, Child Okeford

A poorly-preserved possible Bronze Age round barrow on Hambledon Hill. The mound is located on the highest point of the northern (hillfort) spur of Hambledon Hill. The mound is circular, 11.5 metres in diameter and has been reduced by medieval or later ploughing to a height of 0.2 metres. At least one field boundary associated with this ploughing episode appears to have been aligned upon it.

(ST 8451 1249) Between late May and late August 1996 the Cambridge and Exeter offices of RCHME carried out an earthwork survey and aerial photographic interpretation of the complex of monuments on Hambledon Hill as part of the project to record Industry and Enclosure in the Neolithic period.

A possible Bronze Age round barrow up to 14.0m diameter and 0.2m high, was identified on the highest point of the N spur of Hambledon Hill. The mound shows no signs of having been looted, but has been levelled by ?Post-Medieval ploughing, although at least one field boundary appears to have been aligned on it.

For further details, see RCHME Level 3 client report and earthwork plan at 1:1000 scale, held in archive. <1>

<1> RCHME: Industry and Enclosure in the Neolithic (Monograph). SWX1665.

<2> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Historic England Archive AF1079113 RCHME: Hambledon Hill, Dorset (Excavation archive). SDO20294.

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1058048 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Dec 21 2023 9:06AM