Monument record MDO6769 - Bowl barrow, Rose Lawn Barrow Group, Broadstone Golf Course, Poole

Ditched bowl barrow, part of a group of eight round barrows. It is a well preserved mound 16m in diameter and 2.8m high with a ditch 3m wide.It stands within a golf fairway. The barrow is visible on 1940s aerial photographs and was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

`A'. A bracken covered bowl barrow with a slight depression in the top. The mound has a diameter of 16.0m., and a height of 2.0m.The surrounding ditch is 3.0m. Wide and 0.3m. Deep, and is grass covered. <2>

(a) SZ 00569748. Diameter 18 paces. Height 6 ft. <3>

SZ 007974. Group of round barrows on Broadstone Golf Course Scheduled. <5>

`A'. SZ 00569748. Bowl barrow, diameter 16.0 metres, with a ditch 3.0 metres wide, making overall diameter 32.0 metres. Ditch 0.5 metres deep maximum, height of mound 2.8 metres above ditch. Stands on golf fairway and is very well preserved. Resurveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. <6>

The barrow is visible on 1940's aerial photographs as a mound 16m in diameter with a 3m wide ditch <7>. It was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1938 (Map). SWX1540.

Area centred SZ 007975 Tumuli (NR) Tumulus (NR) (Three times)

<2> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 17/11/1955 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<3> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows (Monograph). SDO132.

<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.

'ROSE LAWN GROUP (SZ 09 NW). Eight barrows, forming a compact group though with no obvious focus, on and towards N.E. end of broad ridge above 200 ft. contour. Most are on golf course. (388) Ditched bowl (00579749). Diam. 48 ft., ht. 8 ft., with ditch 12 ft. wide and up to 1 ft. deep. Hollowed on top.'

<5> Department of the Environment, 1978, Department of the Environment (IAM) Ancient Monuments of England (Vol 2), 67 (Monograph). SWX1687.

<6> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F2 26/06/1981 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<7> Royal Air Force, 12-DEC-46, RAF/CPE/UK/1893 RP 3253-4 (Aerial Photograph). SDO16027.

<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 Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Externally held archive: RCH01/093 RCHME Inventory: Dorset II (South-East) (Unpublished document).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, 457945 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Dec 20 2024 6:08PM