Monument record MDO6844 - Bowl Barrow, Corfe Hills School, Poole

A heather-covered mound which appears to be a bowl barrow with no visible ditch, with a diameter of 8.5 m and height of 0.6 m was recorded by the Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division in 1955. It was confirmed as a bowl barrow in 1956. The barrow was still extant in 1973 but now lies beneath Corfe Hills School.

SY 99639659. A heather-covered mound which appears to be a bowl barrow with no visible ditch. The mound has a diameter of 8.5 m and is 0.6 m high. <1>

There can be no reasonable doubt that this is a bowl barrow. <2>

This barrow is as described in 1955. Surveyed at 1:2500. <3>

<1> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 19-NOV-55 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<2> Rigg, J, Field Investigators Comments JR, F2 JR 02-FEB-56 (Unpublished document). SWX1255.

<3> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F3 NVQ 14-AUG-73 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<4> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Externally held archive: RCH01/093 RCHME Inventory: Dorset II (South-East) (Unpublished document). SDO17434.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 457158 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Jan 5 2022 4:54PM