Monument record MDO6100 - Barrow on Handley Common, Sixpenny Handley

A small bowl barrow on Handley Common has been levelled by ploughing. At ST 97581861, it was formerly about 24 ft in diameter. <2>

AP evidence reveals wider activity which may relate to quarrying within the vicinity, and Pitt-Rivers excavated a similar mound nearby and found it to be a probable spoil heap. The mounds do not survive as earthworks and are likely to represent quarry spoil heaps. Not recommended for scheduling. <4>

<1> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 113 (Monograph). SDO132.

<2> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey map 1:10,560, 1963 (Map). SDO18658.

(ST 97581861; ST 97601862) Tumuli (NR) (sites of) (NAT)

<3> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1975, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East), 72 (Monograph). SDO129.

‘Twenty-seven round barrows, several damaged or levelled by ploughing, have been recorded in the parish. Many have been excavated, most of them by General Pitt-Rivers, but very few completely. Pitt-Rivers reconstituted the barrows which he dug. … Four small barrows on Handley Common have been levelled by ploughing; (51) and (52) are at the N.W. end; the others lie further S. (51) Bowl (97581861), formerly about 24 ft. in diameter'.

<4> English Heritage, English Heritage Alternative Action Report, Anon, undated (Scheduling record). SDO18279.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 209758 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Aug 26 2022 5:12PM