Monument record MDO5137 - Bowl barrow near Buzbury Rings, Tarrant Rawston

Bowl barrow. Diameter 28ft., height 2ft. A hole has, at some point in the past, been dug in the centre of the monument. The record for this monument has been enhanced with support from Wessex Water. The barrow is faintly visible as a sub-circular banked earthwork on 1940s aerial photographs and was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM Project.

Bowl barrow. Diameter 28ft., height 2ft. A hole has, at some point in the past, been dug in the centre of the monument.
The record for this monument has been enhanced with support from Wessex Water.

The barrow is faintly visible as a sub-circular banked mound just over 6m in diameter on 1940s aerial photographs <4>. It is located just beyond the southern corner of a long barrow (MDO5135) and was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM Project.

<1> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1916, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club for 1916, 46 (Serial). SDO25.

<2> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1938 (Map). SWX1540.

(ST 91590669, ST 91560664, ST 91580658) Tumuli (NR)

<3> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1972, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume IV (North), 112 (Monograph). SDO99.

'(8) Bowl (91560664), immediately S. of (6); diam. 28 ft., ht. 2 ft.; hole dug in centre.'

<4> Royal Air Force, 01-JAN-1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2431 RS 4320 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18501.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 209348 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Oct 7 2024 3:50PM