Monument record MDO5690 - Bowl barrow south west of the Belle Vue Barrow, Hampreston, Ferndown Town

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Summary

A bowl barrow reported as being around 75 feet in diameter with a mound around four feet high, and thickly overgrown. The barrow is visible on current Lidar imagery and was digitally plotted from this source by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

The barrow is visible on current Lidar imagery (2).

The feature is poorly defined but appears to comprise an irregular elliptical mound approximately 20m by 17. There is no evidence on the available Lidar imagery of any outer ditch.

The feature was digitally plotted from current Lidar imagery by the Dorset Stour NMP project.


<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1975, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East), 30 (Monograph). SDO129.

'(44) Bowl (07209853), immediately S.W. of (42) and thickly overgrown; diam. about 75 ft., ht. 4 ft.'

<2> XX-XXX-2015, Environment Agency DTM Lidar 1m (Aerial Photograph). SDO15442.

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 457801 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1975. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East). 30.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: XX-XXX-2015. Environment Agency DTM Lidar 1m.
  • <3> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 457801.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SZ 0720 9853 (22m by 21m) (3 map features)
Map sheet SZ09NE
Civil Parish Ferndown Town; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 3 009 044
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SZ 09 NE 41
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 457801
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Hampreston 44

Record last edited

Oct 25 2024 9:42AM

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