Monument record MDO5681 - Bowl barrow, Ferndown

Bowl barrow south of the Ringwood to Wimborne road. This monument has been badly damaged, especially by digging into the centre of the mound. The barrow mound is 17m across and visible on aerial photographs; it was digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP.

A bowl barrow 60 yds south of the Ringwood-Wimborne road, has been badly damaged, especially by digging into the centre of the mound; diameter 65 ft, height 4 ft. <3>

Bowl barrow south of the Ringwood to Wimborne road. This monument has been badly damaged, especially by digging into the centre of the mound. The barrow mound is 17m across and visible on aerial photographs <4-6>; it was digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP.

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1963, Monuments Threatened or Destroyed. A Select List: 1956-1962, 14 (Monograph). SDO12558.

‘HAMPRESTON. FERNDOWN [ST 067008]. Round barrow; too damaged for measurement.’

<2> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 1:10,000 scale map, 1971 (Map). SDO17396.

(SU 06680073) Tumulus (NR)

<3> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1975, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East), 29 (Monograph). SDO129.

'At least fourteen barrows are scattered in the central part of the parish; they lie on the heathland of the Bagshot Beds, mostly just above the 100 ft. contour. … (35) Bowl (06680073), 60 yds. S. of the Ringwood-Wimborne road, has been badly damaged, especially by digging into the centre of the mound; diam. 65 ft., ht. 4 ft.'

<4> Royal Air Force, 12-DEC-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1893 RS 4109-10 (Aerial Photograph). SDO16158.

<5> Royal Air Force, 21-SEP-1954, RAF 58/1567 F21 0233-5 (Aerial Photograph). SDO16159.

<6> Royal Air Force, 02-MAR-1945, RAF 106G/LA187 RP 3046-7 (Aerial Photograph). SDO16160.

<7> National Record of the Historic Environment, 213126 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Oct 11 2024 1:06PM