Monument record MDO6357 - Bowl barrow, one of the Oakley Down Group, Wimborne St Giles

Bowl barrow forming part of the Oakley Down Group. In 1975 the RCHME noted that the monument was plough-damaged, about 45 feet in diameter, with a mound surviving to a height of 1.5 feet. This barrow was excavated in the early 19th century by Richard Colt Hoare, who reported finding a cremation burial.

A bowl barrow, part of the Oakley Down barrow group (SU 01 NW 19). It was described by RCHME as a mound, damaged by ploughing, measuring 45 feet in diameter and 1.5 feet in height. It was dug into in the early 19th century by Cunnington and Hoare (their barrow 11), a cremation deposit 12 inches below the surface being the only find noted by them.

<1> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 144 (Monograph). SDO132.

<2> Colt Hoare, Sir Richard, 1975, The ancient history of Wiltshire, 241 (Monograph). SDO18077.

<3> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1975, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East), 103 (Monograph). SDO129.

‘(108) Bowl (01761721), (Hoare No. 11), damaged by ploughing, yielded a cremation. Diam. about 45 ft., ht. 1½ ft.’

<4> Bowen, H C, 1990, The Archaeology of Bokerley Dyke (Monograph). SWX800.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1312409 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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