Monument record MDO5414 - Round barrow, Telegraph Clump, Alderholt

A Bronze Age bowl barrow recorded by the Ordnance Survey in 1954 when it was described as nearly circular with a slight ditch, situated on high ground and had been mutilated by deep ploughing prior to tree planting. Bronze Age bowl barrow badly mutilated by tree planting. In 1962 no trace of a ditch was visible and the barrow was covered in trees.

Bowl barrow, nearly circular, 8.5m in diameter, 0.6m high, slight ditch. Situated on high ground in a state forest, mutilated by deep ploughing prior to tree plantation. <1>

As described the area has been planted with trees. No trace of the ditch was found. Surveyed at 1/2500. <2>

<1> Swatridge, G C, Various, Field Investigators Comments GCS, GCS 14-MAY-54 (Unpublished document). SWX1169.

' Bowl barrow, nearly circular, 8.5m in diameter and 0.6m high, with slight ditch. Situated on high ground in a state forest, mutilated by deep ploughing prior to tree planting.'

<2> Palmer, J, Ordnance Survey field investigator's comments JP, JP 18-JUL-62 (Unpublished document). SDO19821.

'As described, the area has been planted with trees. No trace of a ditch was found. Surveyed at 1:2500.'

<3> Grinsell, L V, 1982, Dorset Barrows Supplement, 32 (Monograph). SWX1703.

Alderholt 5. Telegraph Plantation. SU09481085. Diameter 9 paces, height 2ft. Reference to OS Arch., 14 May 1954.

<4> Trust for Wessex Archaeology, 1986, Dorset Barrow Survey, (Papworth, M D J, 12 March 1986) (Index). SDO134.

'Visible as a low rise within coniferous woodland. The trees have a trunk diameter of 10-20cm and are planted in rows on the tops of ridges. These forestry-cultivation ridges and furrows have severely mutilated the mound, distance between ridge top and furrow bottom 30cm. Tree-lines aligned SE-NW. Slight dips in the ground surface to SE and NE of the mound may indicate the remains of the ditch metnntioned by Swatridge (1954).'

<5> Historic England, Historic England Archive, 1094265 SU 01 SE 25, 26 and 30 (1962) (Index). SDO14738.

Antiquity Model: Surveyed

<6> Historic England, Historic England Archive, 1094292 SU 01 SE 25 (1962) (Index). SDO14738.

Index cardAntiquity Model: Surveyed

<7> National Record of the Historic Environment, 213694 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Jul 16 2024 5:01PM