Monument record MDO6293 - Bronze Age bowl barrow, St Giles’s Park, Wimborne St Giles

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Summary

A Bronze Age round barrow of a type known as a bowl barrow. The mound of the barrow was reported in 1975 as being around 30 metres in diameter, and one and a half metres high, but much spread. Located within St Giles’s Park.

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

(SU 04431185) Tumulus (NR). <2>

SU 04431185 Bowl barrow, much spread, probably through cultivation; diameter 105 feet, height 4 1/2 feet. <3>


<1> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 146 (Monograph). SDO132.

<2> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1963 (Map). SWX1540.

<3> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1975, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East), 101 (Monograph). SDO129.

'(45) Bowl (04431185), much spread, probably by cultivation; diam. 105 ft., ht. 4½ ft.'

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 213796 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <1>XY Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 146. [Mapped feature: #343538 ]
  • <2> Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Map 6in. 6 inch to 1 mile. 1963.
  • <3> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1975. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East). 101.
  • <4> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 213796.

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Location

Grid reference SU 0443 1185 (point)
Map sheet SU01SW
Civil Parish Wimborne St Giles; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 3 026 045
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SU 01 SW 29
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 213796
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Wimborne St Giles 45

Record last edited

Oct 19 2022 10:56AM

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