Monument record MDO6758 - Ditched Bowl barrow, Knighton Heath Golf Course, Poole

Ditched bowl barrow now in Knighton Heath Golf Course. It was formerly recorded as being 11 metres diameter and 0.7 metres high. The barrow has now been levelled to form part of the green at the ninth hole of the golf course.

Diameter 35 ft. and height 3ft. Ditch slightly indicated. Top disturbed but unopened. <2>

Only the NE half of this barrow survives and this has a maximum diameter of 11.0m. And a height of 0.7m. Around this part
of the mound there is a ditch 1.3m. Wide and 0.1m. Deep. The SW half of the barrow has been levelled and forms part of the green at the 9th hole of a golf course. The remains are those of a bowl barrow, heather covered. <3>

Bowl barrow. <4>

SZ 04369618. Ditched bowl barrow, 32 feet in diameter, 3 1/2 feet high with a ditch 6 feet wide. Slight hollow in
centre; south side destroyed by a golf tee. <5>

Since 1955 this barrow has been further levelled to correspond with the height of the golf green. It is now virtually
destroyed but can be recognised by vestiges of a ditch around the NE quadrant. OS 1:2500 survey (1959) revised. <6>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1934-38 (Map). SWX1540.

(SZ 04359617) Tumulus (NR)

<2> Wallace, W G, 1919-23, Bournemouth Natural Science Society 6" map and private notes (Article in serial). SDO17433.

<3> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 14-NOV-1955 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<4> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows (Monograph). SDO132.

<5> 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.

'(377) Ditched bowl (SZ 09 NW; 04369618) above a small stream on slight ridge between 100 ft. and 150 ft. above O.D. Diam. 32 ft., ht. 3 1/2 ft., with ditch 6 ft. wide. Slight hollow in centre; S.h side destroyed by a golf tee.'

<6> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F2 NVQ 14-AUG-1973 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<7> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Externally held archive: RCH01/093 RCHME Inventory: Dorset II (South-East) (Unpublished document). SDO17434.

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 458000 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Sep 9 2024 12:31PM