Monument record MDO6765 - Bowl Barrow, Arrowsmith Coppice, Poole

The northernmost of two bowl barrows that stand on a knoll in Arrowsmith Coppice. The mound is recorded as about 12m in diameter and 1.0m high, with no trace of a ditch.

(a) SZ 01889679. Diameter 40 ft. Height 3.5 ft. These two barrows stand on a small knoll recently cleared
of pines.<1>

Bowl barrows. <3>

A: A tree covered and rather irregularly spread bowl barrow with no visible ditch. Diameter of mound 11.5m., height 1.0m. <4>

'A' - (384) - SZ 01889679. Bowl barrow, 30ft. diameter and 3ft. high. <5>

'A'. SZ 01889679. Bowl barrow, diameter 12.0 metres, height 1.0 metres. Neither barrow has a visible ditch. Resurveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. <6>

Two bowl barrows. No change to description of auth. 6. <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, 1938 (Map). SWX1540.

(SZ 01889679; SZ 01899677) Tumuli (NR)

<3> Grinsell, L V, 1935-54, Dorset Barrows 1935-54 Manuscript (Unpublished document). SWX1556.

<4> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 OS NVQ 14-NOV-55 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<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.

'(384) Bowl (SZ 09 NW; 01889679) in similar position 25 yds. N.N.W. of (383). Diam. 30 ft., ht. 3 ft.'

<6> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F2 JGB 12-JUN-81 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<7> Wardale, C F, Various, Field Investigators Comments CFW, F3 CFW 09-JAN-87 (Unpublished document). SWX2704.

<8> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Externally held archive: RCH01/093 RCHME Inventory: Dorset II (South-East) (Unpublished document). SDO17434.

<9> National Record of the Historic Environment, 457977 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Jan 17 2025 4:21PM