Monument record MDO5084 - Bowl barrow, Hyde Hill Plantation, Tarrant Launceston

One of a group of bowl barrows recorded after woodland clearance in 1986. A mound 9 metres in diameter with a mound 0.4 metres high. This monument may have been investigated by antiquarian Charles Warne in 1840.

<1> Trust for Wessex Archaeology, 1986, Dorset Barrow Survey (Index). SDO134.

‘A bowl barrow revealed after the clearance of Hyde Hill Plantation. Not recorded by RCHM, Grinsell or Ordnance Survey. Forms a line of four aligned NW-SE. A small mound 9.0m in diameter and 0.4m high. Visible as a faint rise in managed deciduous woodland. The plantation has recently been cleared of mature trees and replanted with saplings. The clearfelling operation has disturbed the ground surface and old tree stumps remain. The barrow has an uneven surface and was covered in tussock grass. The mound lies 12 paces SW of a fence and beyond it to NE lies a track and a field regularly ploughed. No ditch visible. Part-excavated by Warne 1840? (Warne C, Celtic Tumuli of Dorset, No 39, 40 Pt1).’

<2> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1989, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1988, 143 (Serial). SDO88.

‘ST 95121042, 9.0 m dia., 0.4 m high, damaged by clearfelling and replanted with saplings.’

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Jan 22 2025 4:40PM