Monument record MDO5585 - Bowl barrow, one of the Handley Hill Group, Gussage All Saints

A round barrow of a type known as a bowl barrow. In 1975 this monument was described by RCHME as much reduced by ploughing, having been an earthwork around 34 feet in diameter with a mound about 3 feet high.

A bowl barrow, part of a group on Handley Hill (see SU 01 NW 28 and associated monuments). It lies on the parish boundary with Sixpenny Handley. In 1975 the RCHME described it as a mound damaged by ploughing with a former diameter of 34 feet and being 3 feet high. [NB this barrow was originally described as part of SU 01 NW 28.]

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

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1975, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East), 22 (Monograph). SDO129.

‘Two barrows in the extreme N. of the parish form part of the Handley Hill group (WIMBORNE ST. GILES (87-9)).
(61) Bowl (01361623), damaged by ploughing; former diam. 34 ft., ht. 3 ft.’

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1312941 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Nov 24 2022 2:52PM