Monument record MDO4992 - Barrow in Tarrant Hinton

Bowl barrow, with a diameter of 37m and 0.7m high. The southern portion of the mound is truncated by the construction of the road. No surrounding ditch visible.

[ST 9436 1121] Situated on land sloping to the south in field under crop. The remains of a probable bowl barrow. Diameter of the mound is 37.0m NE-SW & its height 0.7m taken to the east. The southern portion of the mound has been cut away by the construction of the modern road rendering positive classification uncertain. No surrounding ditch is visible. <2>

The bowl barrow has been partly destroyed by road-widening activities. <3>

Tumulus located and surveyed. <4>

NW of Ninety-Nine Plantation. 40 paces diameter, height 2 feet. Partly destroyed by road widening. (5)

<1> Crawford, O G S, Annotated record map 6 inch, O.G.S.Crawford undated Rec. 6" 4.2.53 (Map). SWX7265.

[ST 94371122] Barrow

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 Swatridge, G C, Various, Field Investigators Comments GCS, F1 GCS 05-APR-54 (Unpublished document).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

<3> Rigg, J, Field Investigators Comments JR, F2 JR 20-APR-59 (Unpublished document). SWX1255.

<4> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 25 inch scale map, LS 25" (LR 24.4.59) (Map). SDO18020.

<5> Grinsell, L V, 1982, Dorset Barrows Supplement, 51 (Monograph). SWX1703.

<6> Trust for Wessex Archaeology, 1986, Dorset Barrow Survey, Papworth, M D J/TWA 23 January 1986 (Index). SDO134.

'Visible as a faint rise. It lies in a field regularly ploughed and in established grass when visited. Half the mound has been reomoved by the widening of the road to the SE. The grass covered section of the mound can be seen in the road cutting. To NW the mound has been severely reduced and spread by ploughing.'

<7> National Record of the Historic Environment, 210236 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

May 8 2024 12:15PM