Monument record MDO5811 - Bowl Barrow, one of the Launceston South Down Group, Long Crichel

A bowl barrow, one of a group of four excavated by S and C M Piggott in 1938. This barrow, which was recorded as being 18 feet in diameter with a mound less than one foot high, contained a cremation in a central pit. The barrow is no longer extant as an earthwork.

A probable Early Bronze Age bowl barrow, part of a group on Launceston and Crichel Downs excavated in 1938. The barrow is no longer extant as an earthwork. The mound was "only a few inches high" and about 18 feet in diameter. No ditch was present. Three shallow scrapes or pits were found beneath the mound, one containing a few fragments of unburnt bone, another containing no artefacts, and the third featuring a cremation and sherds of a pottery vessel.

Note that ST 91 SE 154 and ST 91 SE 155 were formerly part of this record.

Visited by MPPA in March 2000, but since all are heavily denuded, not recommended for scheduling.

(ST 96031066):ST 96051070) Tumuli (NR) (sites of ) (NAT). <3>

Round barrows, excavated in 1938 by S. and C.M. Piggott (Arch., XC (1944), 47-80). They are no longer visible on the ground and former dimensions etc. are given.

(A) Bowl (96011053), containing a primary cremation in a central pit, with sherds of a cinerary urn in the surrounding soil; diam. 18 ft., ht. less than 1 ft. (Piggott, 7) … <4>

<1> Society of Antiquaries of London, 1944, Archaeologia 90, Volume 90, p47-80 (Serial). SDO16830.

Piggott, S and CM. Excavation of Barrows on Crichel and Launceston Downs, Dorset. [Barrow 7]

<2> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, p118 (Monograph). SDO132.

<3> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey map 6 inches to 1 mile, 1963 (Map). SDO11924.

<4> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1975, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East), p39 (Monograph). SDO129.

'Four barrows form part of the Launceston Down South Group, the rest of which is in Tarrant Launceston (Dorset IV, 107). They were excavated in 1938 by S. and C. M. Piggott (Arch., XC (1944), 47-80). They are no longer visible on the ground and former dimensions etc. are given. … (11) Bowl (96011053), containing a primary cremation in a central pit, with sherds of a cinerary urn in the surrounding soil; diam. 18 ft., ht. less than 1 ft. (Piggott, 7.)'

<5> English Heritage, English Heritage Alternative Action Report, SJ Lobb, MPPA, Mar-2000 (Scheduling record). SDO18279.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 210104 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Oct 13 2022 10:01AM