Monument record MDO6420 - Bowl barrow near David's Cross, Woodlands

A bowl barrow on the edge of a low hill 250 metres north east of Monmouth's Ash Farm. The barrow has a mound which is 10 metres in diameter and 1 metre high. Surrounding the mound is a quarry ditch from which material was excavated during its construction. This has become infilled over the years but survives as a buried feature 2 metres wide. This is possibly one of the barrows on Horton Heath from which urns were recovered but there are no possible signs of excavation on the mound.

This is possibly one of the barrows on Horton Heath from which urns were recovered, but it bears no positive signs of excavation. See SU 00 NE 19. Published survey (25" 1900) revised. <1>

<1> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, 17/07/1962 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<2> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1968 (Map). SWX1540.

(SU 06340745) Tumulus (NR)

<3> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1975, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East), 115 (Monograph). SDO129.

'Monuments (24-65), Round Barrows. Forty-two are known, nearly all in the N.W. of the parish and in the vicinity of Knowlton Circles. (24) Bowl (06340745), near David's Cross in the S.E. of the parish lies on a low hill of Bagshot Sands; diam. 32 ft., ht 3½ ft.'

<4> Historic England, Historic England Archive, 1093570 (Index). SDO14738.

SU 00 NE 5 and 6 (1962). Index cardAntiquity Model: Revised

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 212934 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Oct 7 2024 2:56PM