Monument record MDO6768 - Bowl barrow, Gravel Hill Plantation, Poole

Bowl barrow in Gravel Hill Plantation on edge of ridge. The mound was recorded as having a diameter of 10m and a height of 0.8m. The northwest part has been completely cut away by gravel quarrying.

Bowl barrow. <2>

B. SZ 02009731. A tree covered bowl barrow, extensively mutilated. The diameter of the mound is approximately 8.0m., and its height 0.4m. There is no visible ditch. The north-west quadrant and part of the south-west has been cut away and destroyed by old surface diggings. <3>

'B' - (387) - SZ 02019732. Bowl barrow 45ft. Diameter and 5 1/2. high, damaged by gravel digging. <4>

'B'. SZ 02009731. Bowl barrow, diameter 10.0 metres, height 0.8 metres. The north-west part has been completely cut away. No visible ditch. 'B'. Resurveyed at 1:1250 and at L;2500 on M.S.D.'s. <5>

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

(SZ 01989732; SZ 02009731) Tumuli (NR)

<2> Grinsell, L V, 1935-54, Dorset Barrows 1935-54 Manuscript (Unpublished document). SWX1556.

<3> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 14-NOV-55 (Unpublished document).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, 449 (Monograph). SDO150.

'(387) Bowl (SZ 09 NW; 02019732) on edge of ridge above S.E. slope 25 yds. E. of (386). Diam. 45 ft., ht. 5½ ft. Damaged by gravel digging'.

<5> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F2 JGB 12-JUN-81 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<6> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Externally held archive: RCH01/093 RCHME Inventory: Dorset II (South-East) (Unpublished document). SDO17434.

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

Record last edited

Sep 4 2023 2:14PM