Monument record MDO5780 - Bowl barrow on the parish boundary between Horton and Woodlands

A bowl barrow on the West side of Horton Common. A bowl barrow with a flat topped mound, 18 metres in diameter and 1.5 metres high, surrounded by a quarry ditch two metres wide, from which material was excavated during its construction. This is possiby one of the barrows on Horton Heath from which urns were recovered although there is no positive sign of excavation.

This is possibly one of the barrows on Horton Heath from which urns were recovered, but it bears no positive signs of excavation. See SU 00 NE 19. Published survey (25" 1900) revised. <2>

Historic England, Historic England Archive, 1093570 (Index). SDO14738.

SU 00 NE 5 and 6 (1962). Index card Antiquity Model: Revised

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1975, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East), 37 (Monograph). SDO129.

'(17) Bowl (06330727), on the parish boundary with Woodlands, lies at 200 ft. above O.D. on the W. side of Horton Common; diam. 57 ft., ht. 6½ ft., with a well-preserved ditch 9ft. across and 2 ft. deep.''

<2> Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, Field Investigators Comments, F1 17/07/1962 (Unpublished document). SDO16261.

<3> Edmed, T, 2015, Monmouth Ash Farm, Clump Hill, Horton, Dorset. An Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment (Unpublished document). SDO15250.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 212937 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Oct 7 2024 2:52PM