Monument record MDO4910 - Barrow in Earl's Hill Coppice, Tarrant Gunville

A bowl barrow situated on a gentle north east-facing slope. In 1978 the barrow was recorded as being around eleven metres in diameter and the mound composed of flint nodules

(ST 90831438) A bowl barrow. Diameter 30 feet, height 2 feet. <1> <3>

ST 90831438 A well preserved bowl barrow situated on a gentle northeast facing slope of Earl's Hill in dense coppice. It appears undisturbed, and is composed of fist-sized flint modules and earth; it has a diameter of 11.0m and a maximum height of 1.0m, on the downhill side. There is no visible ditch. 14.0m to the northeast of this barrow is a small mound of barrow-like appearance, diameter 4.0m maximum height 0.4m, being composed of similar material again with no visible ditch. Probably a tumulus. Divorced survey at 1:2500 on OS 495. <4>

<1> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 133 (Monograph). SDO132.

<2> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1963 (Map). SWX1540.

(ST 90831438) Tumulus (NR)

<3> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1972, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume IV (North), 96 (Monograph). SDO99.

'(36) BOWL BARROW (90831438), in Earl's Hill Coppice, lies on the E. slope of a spur, over 400 ft. above O.D.; diam. 30 ft., ht. 2 ft.'

<4> Barrett, G, Various, Field Investigators Comments GB, F1 GB 26-JAN-78 (Unpublished document). SDO17369.

<5> Historic England, Scheduled Monument Notification, 09-Apr-01 (Scheduling record). SDO17468.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 210161 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Sep 12 2024 1:50PM