Monument record MDO5572 - Bowl barrow, one of the Wyke Down Group, Gussage All Saints

A bowl barrow, part of the Wyke Down Group of barrows. One of a cluster of round barrows on a south-facing slope. In 1975 this monument was reported as being around 120 feet in diameter and much reduced by ploughing.

A bowl barrow, part of the barrow group on Wyke Down (see SU 01 NW 35 and associated monuments). It was described by RCHME as a mound circa 120 feet in diameter. <1, 2>

NB this barrow was formerly recorded as part of SU 01 NW 35.

<1> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 110-1 (Monograph). SDO132.

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1975, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East), 21 (Monograph). SDO129.

'Wyke Down Group comprises seventeen barrows including at least one disc barrow and one bell barrow, in a compact cluster on the gentle S. slope of the down, about 250 ft. above O.D. (Plate 48). All have been damaged by ploughing, most of them severely, and some are visible only on air photographs (58/RAF/3250; 0086; C.U.A.P., NK 4, YN 28; N.M.R. 9609/1: SU/0015/1/327). (48) Bowl (00751548); diam. about 120 ft.'

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1313090 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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