Monument record MDO559 - Bowl barrow, Buckland Newton

A bowl barrow close to the point where the parish boundaries of Buckland Newton, Cerne Abbas and Minterne Magna come together. The barrow is crossed by a hedge line, and the mound is reduced on either side. The barrow is recorded as around 50 feet in diameter with the mound around 5ft high where preserved under the hedge.

A bowl barrow situated at ST 67410320, on the boundaries of Buckland Newton, Cerne Abbas and Minterne Magna, is 16 paces in diameter and 5ft high. Probably the one mentioned in the Buckland Newton charter of AD 941. <1>

The bowl barrow and adjacent boundary bank have been destroyed by ploughing. Site marked on 6" sheet. <2>

<1> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 97 (Monograph). SDO132.

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 1, 54 (Monograph). SDO146.

‘(23) Bowl barrow (67410320), on the ridge top W. of Holcombe Wood and on the boundary with Cerne Abbas and Minterne Magna, lies in a hedgerow, but ploughing has largely destroyed it on either side; diam. about 50 ft., ht. 5 ft.’

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 199101 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

<5> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 29-OCT-76 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

Record last edited

Nov 18 2022 1:12PM