Monument record MDO5813 - Bowl Barrow, one of the Launceston South Down Group, Long Crichel

Bowl Barrow, comprised of a low mound 15 feet in diameter. Excavated in 1938. No artefacts or burials were found. No longer extant as an earthwork.

A probable Bronze Age bowl barrow, part of a group on Crichel and Launceston Downs excavated in 1938. The barrow is no longer extant as an earthwork. When excavated, the site comprised a low circular mound 15 feet in diameter. A feature described as an "irregular hole" was found near the centre. It is not clear if this refers to a pit beneath the mound or an earlier excavation into the surface of the mound. No artefacts or burials were found.

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

<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 4]

<2> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 118 (Monograph). SDO132.

<3> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1975, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East), 39 (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. … (13) Bowl (96051070), covering an irregular empty hole near the centre; diam, 15 ft., ht. under 1 ft. (Piggott, 4.)'

<4> English Heritage, English Heritage Alternative Action Report, S J Lobb, MPPA, Mar-2000 (Scheduling record). SDO18279.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1249222 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

May 31 2023 10:49AM