Monument record MDO680 - Bowl barrow on Castle Hill, Cattistock

A mound inside the enclosure on Castle Hill, interpreted as the remains of a Bronze Age round barrow. In 1952 this monument was reported as being rougly circular and around 50 feet in diameter with a mound about 4 feet high, and much damaged.

A bowl barrow with a hollow centre; diameter 20 paces, height 5 ft. <2>

A grass covered ditchless bowl barrow, 18.0m. In diameter and 1.6m. High. The top is flattened, and the S. side has been slightly dug into, but the barrow has not been damaged as suggested by T2. <4>

No change. O.S. 1/2500 survey revised. <5>

Council for British Archaeology, 1987, Council for British Archaeology Group 12: Newsletter, October 1987 (Serial). SDO15257.

‘Ordnance Survey Map Revision, West Dorset. RCHME is responsible for supplying the Ordnance Survey with up to date surveys of antiquities for depiction on larger scale OS plans. … Castle Hill, Cattistock, hillfort, barrow and field system. ST 594003: The univallate hillfort with a round barrow inside it was re-surveyed, previously unrecorded ‘Celtic’ fields on a steep slope south-east of the fort were also planned. North of the fort an extensive series of strip lynchets were noted.’

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1903 (Map). SWX1540.

[ST 59440009] TUMULUS [CE]

<2> Grinsell, L V, Dorset Barrows (Unpublished MSs), 55 (Unpublished document). SWX2678.

<3> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 73 (Monograph). SDO97.

‘(14) THE CASTLE, earthwork on Castle Hill 700 yards N.E. of the church, consists of an irregular oval enclosure of about 4¼ acres, formed by steepening the natural slope of the hill-top and thus forming a berm; it has been suggested that this is entirely a natural formation. There are two ramped causeway-entrances towards the N.E. and N.W. respectively. The surface of the enclosure rises to a point on which is a much damaged mound, 50 ft. in diam. and 4 ft. high. About 50 yards to the N. of the enclosure is a steep lynchet.’

<4> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 13-MAY-55 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<5> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F2 NVQ 10-NOV-71 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<6> Historic England, Historic England Archive, 888910 (Index). SDO14738.

Cattistock Castle Hill/ink survey

<7> Historic England, Historic England Archive, 888912 (Index). SDO14738.

Cattistock Castle Hill/pencil survey

<8> Historic England, Historic England Archive, AF0888907 (Index). SDO14738.

RCHME: Castle Hill, Cattistock, Dorset. Report with field survey teamContents : 2 plans, reportCondition : SATISFACTORY

<9> National Record of the Historic Environment, 195865 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Apr 28 2025 3:13PM