Monument record MDO5709 - Bowl barrow on Cannon Hill, Colehill

A Bronze Age bowl barrow situated in heathland near the crest of a hill. In 1975 this monument was reported as being around 30 feet in diameter with a mound about 2½ feet high. This barrow may be the barrow investigated in 1845 by J H Austen, who recorded no finds. The barrow is visible on aerial photographs and current Lidar imagery and was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

Round Barrows: There are six barrows in the parish; one of them, either (7), (8) or (9), was excavated by J.H. Austen in 1845 with no resulting finds (C.T.D. Pt 2 No.32). … (7) Bowl (04030104), over 200ft. above O.D. near the crest of Canon Hill, on heathland; diameter 30ft., height 2 1/2 ft. <3>

Published surveys (25" 1900) revised. <1>

'A'. SU 04030104. Bowl barrow, diameter 10.0 metres, height 1.0 metres. Resurveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D.<4>

The barrow is visible on current Lidar imagery as a small sub-circular mound around 7.6m across and surrounded by a shallow or flattened berm, possibly a ditch, between 3m and 4m wide <5>.

The barrow is also clearly visible on 1950s aerial photographs <6>. It was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

<1> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 1962-07-16 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<2> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 1:10,000 scale map, 1974 (Map). SDO17396.

(Centred SU 04360104) Tumulus (NR) (three times)

<3> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1975, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East), 4 (Monograph). SDO129.

'There are six barrows in the parish; one of them, either (7), (8) or (9), was excavated by J. H. Austen in 1845 with no resulting finds (C.T.D., Pt. 2, No. 32). … (7) Bowl (04030104), over 200 ft. above O.D. near the crest of Canon Hill, on heathland; diam. 30 ft., ht. 2½ ft.'

<4> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F2 JGB 1981-06-10 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<5> XX-XXX-2015, Environment Agency DTM Lidar 1m (Aerial Photograph). SDO15442.

<6> Royal Air Force, 17-APR-51, RAF/58/629 V 5185-6 (Aerial Photograph). SDO15940.

<7> National Record of the Historic Environment, 213202 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Oct 7 2024 3:15PM