Monument record MDO5836 - Round barrow, Long Crichel

A possible ploughed-out round barrow was recorded by the Ordnance Survey in 1954. Described as an egg-shaped chalk mark with indications of a ditch to the south, it measured 22 metres by 15.5 metres, with the broader end to the east. It is not clear if it was identified from the air or on the ground. It is not mentioned by either RCHME or Grinsell in their various barrow lists. Now levelled, it is not recommended for scheduling, although still visible on Aps of 1997. <1>

Situated at ST 95881148.

<1> Swatridge, G C, Various, Field Investigators Comments GCS, F1 GCS 06-APR-54 (Unpublished document). SWX1169.

<2> Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, Field Investigators Comments, OS495 GCS 1954 (Unpublished document). SDO16261.

'A ploughed-out bowl barrow is visible as an egg-shaped chalk mark with indications of a ditch to the south. It measures 22.0m by 15.5m, with the broader end to the east.'

<3> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows (Monograph). SDO132.

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

<5> Grinsell, L V, 1982, Dorset Barrows Supplement (Monograph). SWX1703.

<6> Trust for Wessex Archaeology, 1986, Dorset Barrow Survey (Index). SDO134.

'No visible trace in a field regularly ploughed in established grass when visited. Ploughed out.'

<7> English Heritage, English Heritage Alternative Action Report, SJ Lobb, MPPA, Mar-2000 (Scheduling record). SDO18279.

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 210144 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Aug 17 2022 1:44PM