Monument record MDO5986 - Bowl Barrow, Boswick Farm, St Leonards and St Ives

A heather covered bowl barrow situated on the eastern edge of a small escarpment. Diameter 13m average height 1m. No visible ditch, mutilated in the west quadrant by military operations. The barrow was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP.

A heather covered bowl barrow. <2>

A bowl barrow situated on the eastern edge of a small escarpment. Diameter 13.0m, average height 1.0m. No visible ditch. Mutilated in the west quandrant by military operations. <3>

As described by authority 3. Average height 1.1.m. Published survey (25" 1908) revised. <4>

No change. Published NSL 1/2500 survey correct. <5>

This feature has been destroyed by tracks. <6>

A heather covered bowl barrow situated on the eastern edge of a small escarpment. Diameter 13m average height 1m. No visible ditch, mutilated in the west quadrant by military operations.

The barrow is visible on aerial photographs of the 1940s <7> and on current Lidar imagery <8>. The west side has been destroyed by a military structure associated with a heavy anti-aircraft battery (MDO39543).

The barrow was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP.

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1910 (Map). SWX1540.

[SZ 13019983] Tumulus [OE]

<2> Grinsell, L V, 1940, Hampshire Barrows; Proceedings of the Hampshire Field Club and Archaeological Society 14, 361 (Article in serial). SWX3470.

<3> Woodhouse, W C, Various, Field Investigators Comments WCW, F1 WCW 09-JUL-54 (Unpublished document). SWX3798.

<4> Palmer, J, Ordnance Survey field investigator's comments JP, F2 JP 18-JUL-62 (Unpublished document). SDO19821.

<5> Phillips, A S, Various, Field Investigators Comments ASP, F3 ASP 23-MAR-69 (Unpublished document). SWX3817.

<6> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Large Scale/Small Scale Map Reviser's comments, LS D J Scott 1979 (Verbal communication). SDO19451.

<7> Royal Air Force, 12-DEC-46, RAF/CPE/UK/1893 RP 3171 (Aerial Photograph). SDO15486.

<8> XX-XXX-2015, Environment Agency DTM Lidar 1m (Aerial Photograph). SDO15442.

<9> National Record of the Historic Environment, 458372 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

May 9 2023 10:52AM