Monument record MDO5437 - Bowl Barrow at St Michael's Middle School, Colehill

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Summary

One of a group of three barrows in the grounds of St Michael's School. The bowl barrow has been previously recorded as having a mound about 9 metres in diameter surrounded by a slight ditch approximately 2 metres wide. The barrow is no longer visible on the surface but the ditch will survive as a buried feature.

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The barrows at SU 02330112 and SU 02350111 have been destroyed by extensions to the school playgrounds. (Barton 1981)


Historic England, National Record of the Historic Environment, 213196 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 1:10,000 scale map, 1974 (Map). SDO17396.

(SU 02330110 & SU 02360111) Tumuli (NR)

Barton, J G, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigator's Comments JGB, 02-06-1981 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1975, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East), 46 (Monograph). SDO129.

‘There are six barrows in the parish; … (5) Bowl (02330112), 20 yds. N. of (4), is covered by trees; the top of the mound has been disturbed. Diam. 29 ft., ht. 2 ft.; there are traces of a surrounding ditch.’

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  • --- Unpublished document: Barton, J G. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigator's Comments JGB. 02-06-1981.
  • --- Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1975. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East). 46.
  • --- Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment. 213196.
  • --- Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey 1:10,000 scale map. 1:10000. 1974.

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Grid reference SU 0233 0112 (point)
Map sheet SU00SW
Civil Parish Colehill; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 3 003 005
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SU 00 SW 15B
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 213196
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Colehill 5

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Mar 12 2026 7:27PM

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