Monument record MDO6365 - Bowl Barrow, Oakley Down Group, Wimborne St Giles

A bowl barrow, part of a linear group located just to the north of the main Oakley Down barrow group (SU 01 NW 19). RCHME noted that it had been flattened by ploughing but was formerly circa 30 feet in diameter. It was not mentioned by Hoare in the early 19th century but was depicted by Sumner early in the 20th. During excavations in 1950-51 on the immediately adjacent barrow SU 01 NW 166, it was described as being "completely denuded".

Bowl barrow adjoining MDO6364, diam about 30ft, now levelled by ploughing.

<1> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1955, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1953, 36-44, Parke, AL. The Excavation of a Bell-Barrow, Oakley Down, Wimborne St Giles (Serial). SDO53.

<2> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 145 (Monograph). SDO132.

<3> Colt Hoare, Sir Richard, 1975, The ancient history of Wiltshire, Plan opp. p 236 (Monograph). SDO18077.

<4> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1975, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East), 103 (Monograph). SDO129.

'(116) Bowl (01850755), adjoining (115) on the E., has been flattened by ploughing; diam. About 30 ft.'

<5> Sumner, H, The Ancient Earthworks of Cranborne Chase (Monograph). SDO16661.

<6> Bowen, H C, 1990, The Archaeology of Bokerley Dyke (Monograph). SWX800.

<7> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1312490 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Sep 30 2022 4:20PM