Monument record MDO6157 - Bowl Barrow east of Stag Gate, Sturminster Marshall

A Bronze Age bowl barrow. In 1959 this monument was recorded as being around 16 metres in diameter with a mound about 0.3 metres high. The record for this monument has been enhanced with support from Wessex Water.

(SY 92609938; SY 92659938) Two mounds marked as tumuli on MOW maps in Dorset County Museum. <1>

'A' (SY 92609938) Bowl barrow diameter 16.0m., height 0.3m., with no sign of a berm or ditch. The north part of the barrow has been cut by the modern road. Both barrows are grass covered. The beaker illustrated by ABERCROMBY (SY 99 NW 4) may have been found in one of these barrows. <2>

<1> Anon, Undated, Pte 6 inch Dorset County Museum (Anon undated) (Map). SWX2203.

Note by A L F Rivet (undated) refers.

<1.1> DCM, Annotated Record Map Corr. 6 Dorset Co Museum (Anon udt.) (Map). SWX2335.

<2> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 17-MAR-59 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

'Bowl barrow diameter 16.0m, height 0.3 m, with no sign of a berm or ditch. The north part of the barrow has been cut by the modern road. Both barrows are grass covered. The beaker illustrated by Abercrombie (SY 99 NW 4) may have been found in one of these barrows.'

<2.1> Abercromby, J, 1912, A Study of the Bronze Age Pottery of Great Britain and Ireland (Monograph). SDO10121.

<3> Grinsell, L V, 1982, Dorset Barrows Supplement, 50 (Monograph). SWX1703.

<4> Trust for Wessex Archaeology, 1986, Dorset Barrow Survey, DBS (Index). SDO134.

'Visible as a low rise in established grass that appears not to have been ploughed. Cut on N side by a road and hedge removes 5%.'

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 457249 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Aug 10 2022 10:36AM