Monument record MDO5582 - Bowl barrow, Gussage All Saints

One of a small group of three bowl barrows in a line situated to the north-east of the Wyke Down Group. In 1975 this monument was reported as having a former diameter of around 33 feet with a mound less than a foot high and much reduced by ploughing. Urn sherds, presumably of Bronze Age date, were found during deep ploughing some time prior to 1982.

(SU 00861576) Tumuli (NR) <2>

Three barrows, now flattened by ploughing, lie in a line 250 yds. N.E. of Wyke Down Group, at a slightly higher level on the same slope. (58) Bowl (00851574); former diam. 33 ft., ht. under 1 ft. <3>

Urn sherds have been found after deep ploughing of the barrow at SU 0085 1574. <1>

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

<2> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1963 (Map). SWX1540.

<3> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1975, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East), 22 (Monograph). SDO129.

‘Three barrows, now flattened by ploughing, lie in a line 250 yds. N.E. of Wyke Down Group, at a slightly higher level on the same slope. (58) Bowl (00851574); former diam. 33 ft., ht. under 1 ft.’

<4> Grinsell, L V, 1982, Dorset Barrows Supplement, 39 (Monograph). SWX1703.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 213523 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Oct 26 2022 2:43PM