Monument record MDO6756 - Bowl barrow on Knighton Heath, Poole

A. SZ 04379591. Bowl barrow, 24 feet in diameter and 2 1/2 feet high. Well defined ditch on the north. Unopened. <1>

Barrow'A'has been destroyed by surface diggings which occupy an extensive area about the site. <3>

SZ 04389591. Possible bowl barrow, now destroyed. <4>

SZ 046959. Round barrow, Knighton Heath - scheduled. <6>

Removed from scheduled list. <7>

<1> Wallace, W G, 1919-23, Bournemouth Natural Science Society 6" map and private notes (Article in serial). SDO17433.

<2> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, Prov Ed'n 1931-2/1938 (Map). SWX1540.

(SZ 04379591; SZ 04689597) Tumulus (NR) (Twice)

<3> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 15-NOV-55 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<4> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 448 (Monograph). SDO150.

'(375) Bowl (?) (SZ 09 NW; 04389591) on Knighton Heath just below 200 ft. on the slope to N. Diam. About 20 ft., ht. About 2 ft. Destroyed.'

<5> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 1:10,000 scale map, 1974 (Map). SDO17396.

(SZ 04379590) Tumulus (NR) (Site of) (NAT)

<6> Department of the Environment, 1978, Department of the Environment (IAM) Ancient Monuments of England (Vol 2), 67 (Monograph). SWX1687.

<7> Ancient Monuments Board for England, Scotland and Wales, 1979, Annual Report (Serial). SDO20099.

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 458040 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Sep 5 2023 10:20AM