Monument record MDO668 - Round barrow on Norden Hill, Cattistock

Grinsell could find no sign of this barrow, and speculated that it had been removed for flints. <2>

'A' - SY 59969928. A mound, probably the remains of a barrow, situated 1000 yds east of Cattistock church, has been almost obliterated by ploughing. Grinsell added in 1959 that there was "No sign. Perhaps removed for flints". <2-3>

'A' - No trace under crop. Slight surface quarrying has taken place in the area. <4>

The area is now under pasture. 'A' has been destroyed by surface quarrying. Revised at 1:2500 on MSD. <6>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1903 (Map). SWX1540.

('A' - SY 59959928; 'B' - SY 60029931) Tumuli (NR)

<2> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 97 (Monograph). SDO132.

<3> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 73 (Monograph). SDO97.

‘(15) MOUND, probably the remains of a barrow, 1,000 yards E. of the church, has been almost entirely obliterated by ploughing. A second mound, 75 yards to the S.W., has been destroyed by gravel-digging.’

<4> Swatridge, G C, Various, Field Investigators Comments GCS, F1 GCS 07-JAN-55 (Unpublished document). SWX1169.

<5> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 25 inch scale map, 1972 (Map). SDO18020.

(A: SY 59959929) Tumulus (NR) (Site of) (NAT)

<6> Attrill, N J, Field Investigators Comments NJA, F2 NJA 26-FEB-81 (Unpublished document). SDO14743.

<7> National Record of the Historic Environment, 453073 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Oct 30 2023 10:30AM