Monument record MDO5678 - Bowl Barrow, North West of Stapehill village hall, Ferndown Town

A Bronze Age round barrow. In 1975 this monument was reported as being around 55 feet in diameter with a mound about one foot high. The feature is visible on current Lidar imagery and was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

Round barrows: A bowl barrow, SU 04830038, 660 yards west of Holy Cross Abbey, Stapehill; diameter 55 ft, height 1 ft. <2>

'A'. SU 04820037. Bowl barrow, under trees and scrub; diameter 16.0 metres, height 2.0 metres. No visible evidence of a ditch. 'A'. Resurveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. <3>

The barrow is visible on current Lidar imagery <4> as a low sub-circular mound 15.3m in diameter. It is alaso visible on 1940s aerial photographs but is not clearly defined on these.

The barrow is situated in the corner of a modern plot that appears to be used as a community centre or business premises. The feature is still clearly visible on current Google Earth imagery. It was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1891 (Map). SWX1540.

(SU 04830037 & SU 05040037) Tumulus (NR) (twice)

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1975, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East), 29 (Monograph). SDO129.

‘(32) Bowl (04830038), 660 yds. W. of Holy Cross Abbey, Stapehill; diam. 55 ft., ht. 1 ft.’

<3> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F1 JGB 10-JUN-81 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<4> Environment Agency, XX-XXX-2015, Environment Agency DTM Lidar 50cm (Aerial Photograph). SDO15306.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 213207 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Oct 11 2024 3:34PM