Monument record MDO6297 - Bowl barrow, Wimborne St Giles

A round barrow of a type known as a bowl barrow. The barrow was reported in 1975 as being around 70 feet in diameter, 5.5 feet high and flat-topped, planted with trees. The mound appears to have been deliberately planted with trees, presumably as part of the landscaping around Wimborne St Giles' house. Two large blocks of sarsen lay near the edge of the mound on the northwest and southeast sides. Grinsell referred to the two large sarsens being on the mound. The barrow mound is visible on a 1997 aerial photograph and was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

(SU 03941217) Tumulus (NR). <2>

(49) Bowl (03941217), 165 yds. E. of (48), is a flat-topped mound, planted with trees, but within arable; diam. 70 ft., ht. 5 1/2 ft. Two large blocks of sarsen lie near the edge of the mound on N.W. and S.E. <3>

The barrow mound is visible on a 1997 aerial photograph <5>. The mound measures around 22.5m in diameter and was under tree cover in 1997 <5>. It is still visible as a low tree covered mound in 2014 <6>.

The feature was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

<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.

(49) 'Bowl (03941217), 165 yds. E. of (48), is a flat-topped mound planted with trees, but within arable; diam. 70 ft., ht. 51/2 ft. Two large blocks of sarsen lie near the edge of themound on N. W. and S. E.'

<4> Historic England, Historic England Archive, Object Number: BB86/05026 (Index). SDO14738.

Object Title: Round Barrow with Sarsens ('ornamental' - NVQ) SEE DOR5/101. Donor: Unknown. Copyright: Unknown

<5> National Monuments Record, 23-OCT-1997, NMR 15841/013 (SU0312/026) (Aerial Photograph). SDO15765.

<6> GetMapping, 2014, Digital vertical aerial photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDO14101.

<7> National Record of the Historic Environment, 213790 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Nov 11 2022 3:34PM