Monument record MDO5953 - Bowl barrow, one of the Bokerley Down Group, Pentridge

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Summary

A Bronze Age round barrow of a type known as a bowl barrow. In 1975 the RCHME described it as having a diameter of 45 feet and a height of 1 ½ feet.

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Full Description

A bowl barrow. In 1969 it was described by an Ordnance Survey field investigator as being 17.5 metres in diameter and 0.6 metres high, with very faint traces of a ditch visible on the south side. The barrow is located close to the southeastern end of long barrow SU 01 NW 42. <1-3>


<1> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 123 (Monograph). SDO132.

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1975, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East), 57 (Monograph). SDO129.

'(29) Bowl (04201871), close to the S.E. end of (20); diam. 45 ft., ht. 1½ ft.'

<3> Bowen, H C, 1990, The Archaeology of Bokerley Dyke (Monograph). SWX800.

<4> Gill, M, 2023, Geophysics Survey of Three Long Barrows and a Long Mortuary Enclosure near the Dorset Cursus (Unpublished document). SDO19805.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1313506 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Sources/Archives (5)

  • <1> Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 123.
  • <2> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1975. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East). 57.
  • <3> Monograph: Bowen, H C. 1990. The Archaeology of Bokerley Dyke. 127 pp.
  • <4> Unpublished document: Gill, M. 2023. Geophysics Survey of Three Long Barrows and a Long Mortuary Enclosure near the Dorset Cursus.
  • <5> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 1313506.

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Location

Grid reference SU 0420 1871 (point)
Map sheet SU01NW
Civil Parish Pentridge; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 3 017 029
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SU 01 NW 211
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SU 01 NW 42 B
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 1313506
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Bokerley Down Barrow Group
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Pentridge 29

Record last edited

Feb 3 2025 10:23AM

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