Monument record MDO4982 - Round barrow, Tarrant Hinton

A round barrow visible on air photographs and recorded as being around 55 feet in diameter. The photographs suggest that this barrow may have a second and much smaller round barrow adjoining it on the north east (MDO45516).

'Three barrows lie at about 240 ft. above O.D. on the S.E. slope of the Chalk ridge of Thickthorn down. Now levelled by ploughing, they are visible as soil-marks on air photographs (C.U.A.P., ANC 26, 28). (51) Barrow (96131286), immediately S. of Dyke (22); diameter about 55 ft. A second, smaller, barrow appears to adjoin it on the N.E.' <2>

A bowl barrow on Thickthorn Down, one of a small group of four or five visible as cropmarks on air photographs. There is some difficulty in concording the various records of this barrow group, primarily due to each source offering slightly different grid references. This barrow is located at ST 96131286. It appears to equate with the Ordnance Survey's barrow "C" in the group, as recorded by OGS Crawford, although they located it at ST 96141288. RCHME described it as being circa 55 feet in diameter. It is located immediately south of the linear feature ST 91 SE 1, a short distance south west of the other barrows in the group. RCHME noted that another barrow appears to adjoin it on the north east. See ST 91 SE 186. Note that the other barrows in the group, previously described here, have now been recorded separately.

CE ('A' ST 96151301; 'B' ST 96181304; 'C' ST 96141288; 'D' ST 96171293) Four round barrows observed by T D Reade, July 1933. <1>

Three round barrows on Thickthorn Down, levelled by ploughing, are visible as soil marks on air photographs <2a, 5a>. Details as follows:-

No 51. Barrow at ST 96131286, immediately S of Dyke (ST 91 SE 1), diameter about 55ft. (Probably Crawford's 'C').

No 52. Barrow at ST 96131299, diameter about 48ft (Crawford's 'A').

No 53. Barrow at ST 96151300, immediately adjacent to No 52, diameter about 40ft (Crawford's 'B'). <2>

ST 96151299. Ring ditch, diameter 8 m., visible on air photographs. Makes a group with [No.s 51-53 listed above]. <4, 5>

<1> Crawford, O G S, Annotated record map 6 inch (Map). SWX7265.

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1972, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume IV (North), 101 (Monograph). SDO99.

<2.1> St Joseph, J K, St Joseph ANC 26 28 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18382.

<3> Grinsell, L V, 1982, Dorset Barrows Supplement, p51 (Monograph). SWX1703.

<4> Bowen, H C, 1990, The Archaeology of Bokerley Dyke (Monograph). SWX800.

<5> Bowen, H C, 1991, The Archaeology of Bokerley Dyke: Inventory, 7 (Monograph). SDO14864.

<5.1> National Monuments Record, NMR OAP ST 9613/2, AP Ref: NMR OAP ST 9613/2 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18383.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 210082 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Nov 11 2024 3:55PM