Monument record MDO6988 - Bowl Barrow in Pallington Heath Group, Affpuddle

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Summary

A stony mound interpreted as a possible Bronze Age bowl barrow. In 1970 this monument was reported as 20 feet in diameter 20 feet with a mound 2 feet high, and damaged.

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Full Description

'B' SY 78759219. A stony mound, diameter 6.0m., height 0.6m. A possible barrow, more likely a spoil heap. 'B' surveyed at 1:2500 on MSD. (Barton 1981)

Possible barrow 7 paces in diameter and two feet high. (Grinsell 1982)


Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Externally held archive: RCH01/093 RCHME Inventory: Dorset II (South-East) (Unpublished document).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

Historic England, National Record of the Historic Environment, 454881 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Barton, J G, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigator's Comments JGB, F2 JGB 23-JAN-81 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 434 (Monograph). SDO150.

'(45) Mound, possible bowl (78769217), 32 yds. E. of (44). Diam. 20 ft., ht. 2 ft. Damaged.'

Grinsell, L V, 1982, Dorset Barrows Supplement, 32 (Monograph). SWX1703.

Sources/Archives (5)

  • --- Unpublished document: Barton, J G. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigator's Comments JGB. F2 JGB 23-JAN-81.
  • --- Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment. 454881.
  • --- Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3. 434.
  • --- Unpublished document: Royal Commission on Historic Monuments. Externally held archive: RCH01/093 RCHME Inventory: Dorset II (South-East).
  • --- Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1982. Dorset Barrows Supplement. 32.

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Location

Grid reference SY 7876 9217 (point)
Map sheet SY79SE
Civil Parish Affpuddle and Turnerspuddle; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 6 001 045
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 79 SE 19
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 79 SE 19
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 454881
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Affpuddle 45

Record last edited

Oct 1 2026 3:27PM

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