Monument record MDO5654 - Two round barrows, Gussage St Michael

Possible site of two round barrows. On his map of the "Roman station of Vindocladia", Colt Hoare appears to depict two circular mounds at circa ST 9880 1423. Neither feature is described in the accompanying text. Ordnance Survey field investigation in 1954 could find no surface trace. RCHME make no mention of these features in either the Dorset or Bokerley Dyke inventories.

ST 9880 1423] Two mounds apparently tumuli shown on map close together. <3>

The area is under grass. No trace of a barrow was found. <4>

<1> Colt Hoare, Sir Richard, 1812, The Ancient History of Wiltshire (Monograph). SDO16281.

<2> Colt Hoare, Sir Richard, 1812, The Ancient History of Wiltshire (Monograph). SDO16725.

<3> Rigg, J, Field Investigators Comments JR, F1 JR 26-FEB-54 (Unpublished document). SWX1255.

<4> Rigg, J, Field Investigators Comments JR, F1 JR 06-APR-54 (Unpublished document). SWX1255.

<5> Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, Field Investigators Comments, OS 495 Rigg J 1954 (Unpublished document). SDO16261.

'The area is under grass. No trace of a barrow was found.'

<6> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1975, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East) (Monograph). SDO129.

<7> Colt Hoare, Sir Richard, 1975, The ancient history of Wiltshire, [Plate between pp30-31, Vol 2 "Roman Aera"] (Monograph). SDO18077.

<8> Trust for Wessex Archaeology, 1986, Dorset Barrow Survey (Index). SDO134.

'No visible trace in a field which appears to be occasionally ploughed in established grass when visited.'

<9> Bowen, H C, 1990, The Archaeology of Bokerley Dyke (Monograph). SWX800.

<10> National Record of the Historic Environment, 210007 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Feb 15 2023 11:01AM