Monument record MDO594 - Round barrow, North Hill, Burton Bradstock

A mound, probably the remains of a barrow, lies on the west end of North Hill, Burton Bradstock, nearly 1 mile NW of the church. It is 52 ft. in diameter and 3 ft. high but has been much disturbed. The fairly large stones in and around the disturbance indicate the material composing the mound. <1>

SY 47999069. Burton Bradstock 1. Bowl barrow on North Hill 20 paces diameter, 3ft. high. Shown on OS map, but not as a barrow. <2>

SY 479906. Round barrow on North Hill. Scheduled. It measures 66 ft. diameter, 3-4 ft. high and is much disturbed, the top cratered with a trig point erected on it. However, the main structure is probably intact. There are remains of a peristalith on the south side. Visited in June 1959 when it was under grass in pasture. <3-4>

The low earth mound is visible on aerial photographs taken in 1942 <5> and was digitally plotted during the South West Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Dorset).

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 60 (Monograph). SDO97.

‘(29) MOUND, probably the remains of a barrow, at the W. end of North Hill, nearly 1 m. N.W. of the church, is 52 ft. in diam. and 3 ft. high; it has been much disturbed. The fairly large stones in and around the disturbance indicate the material composing the mound.’

<2> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 97 (Monograph). SDO132.

'On O.S but not as barrow, several large stones protrude from the mound.'

<3> Department of the Environment, Inspector of Ancient Monuments (IAM) Record Form, 1959 (Scheduling record). SDO17470.

<4> Department of the Environment, 1978, Department of the Environment (IAM) Ancient Monuments of England (Vol 2), 61 (Monograph). SWX1687.

<5> Royal Air Force, 07-JUN-1942, RAF AC53 25-6 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12988.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 450196 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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