Monument record MDO5885 - Bowl barrow, one of the King Down Group, Pamphill
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Type and Period (1)
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King Down Group of four barrows on the crest of a ridge, about 160 ft. above O.D. All have been damaged by ploughing … (B) Bowl (98030347); diam. 58 ft., ht. 6 ft. <1>
Air photographs taken April 15th 2002 show A and B extant as earthwork mounds and removed from cultivation. C and D are visible as ring ditches. Equidistant from the last two, and almost in between them, is another very small ring ditch. <3>
The site of a plough-levelled round barrow is visible as cropmarks and earthworks on aerial photographs and lidar imagery on King Down, Pamphil <4-5>. It is visible as a cropmark ring ditch 25m across with traces of an inner mound. It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP.
<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1975, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East), 53 (Monograph). SDO129.
‘King Down Group consists of four barrows on the crest of a ridge, about 160 ft. above O.D. All have been damaged by ploughing, and (88) and (89) have been largely flattened. From one of these came two barrel urns, one of ‘South Lodge’ type (Arch., XLIII (1871), 356-7; Arch. J., CXIX (1962), 54-5). (87) Bowl (98030347); diam. 58 ft., ht. 6 ft.’
<2> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 1:10,000 scale map, 1978 (Map). SDO17396.
(ST 980034) Tumuli (NR)
<3> 15-APR-2002, NMR 21628/17 ST 9803/5 (Aerial Photograph). SDO20397.
<4> National Monuments Record, 15-APR-2002, NMR 21628/17, 19-20 (NMR ST9803/5-7) (Aerial Photograph). SDO16277.
<5> XX-XXX-2015, Environment Agency DTM Lidar 1m (Aerial Photograph). SDO15442.
<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 209471 (Digital archive). SDO14739.
Sources/Archives (6)
- <1> SDO129 Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1975. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East). 53.
- <2> SDO17396 Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey 1:10,000 scale map. 1:10000. 1978.
- <3> SDO20397 Aerial Photograph: 15-APR-2002. NMR 21628/17 ST 9803/5.
- <4> SDO16277 Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 15-APR-2002. NMR 21628/17, 19-20 (NMR ST9803/5-7).
- <5> SDO15442 Aerial Photograph: XX-XXX-2015. Environment Agency DTM Lidar 1m.
- <6> SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 209471.
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Location
| Grid reference | ST 9803 0347 (point) (5 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | ST90SE |
| Civil Parish | Pamphill; Dorset |
| Unitary Authority | Dorset |
Protected Status/Designation
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 3 016 087
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: ST 90 SE 4 B
- Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 209471
- Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Pamphill 87
Record last edited
Dec 21 2023 7:18PM
