Monument record MDO6103 - Barrow on Handley Common, Sixpenny Handley

A bowl barrow reported in 1975 as being around 30 feet in diameter, with a mound much reduced by ploughing. It is one of a pair of barrows. Aerial photographs show wider activity in the area which may relate to quarrying. Pitt-Rivers excavated a similar mound nearby and found it to be a probable spoil heap.

A bowl barrow on Handley Common, levelled by ploughing but previously recorded as a mound circa 30 feet in diameter. Listed by RCHME as Sixpenny Handley 54 and by Grinsell as Handley 18a. It is one of a pair of barrows, the other being recorded as ST 91 NE 18. 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. <3>

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1975, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East), 72 (Monograph). SDO129.

' 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. … (54) Bowl (97981791), formerly about 30 ft. in diameter'.

<2> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 41 (Monograph). SDO132.

<3> English Heritage, English Heritage Alternative Action Report, Anon, undated (Scheduling record). SDO18279.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1311220 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Sep 3 2022 2:17PM