Monument record MDO6991 - Bowl Barrow in Pallington Heath Group, Affpuddle

Three heather covered round barrows near Pallington Clump have all been mutilated by vehicle tracks. The diameters of the barrow are all measured from inside ditch to inside ditch and the heights from the top of the mound to the base of the ditch. … ‘B' - SY 78919223. Ditched bowl barrow, 20.0m diameter and 1.5m high with a surrounding ditch averaging 2.5m wide by 0.4m deep. <2>

'B' - SY 78929222. Ditch bowl barrow, 22 paces diameter and 5ft high. <3>

'B' - (48) - SY 78919224. Ditched bowl barrow, 50ft diameter and 5½ ft high. Road cuts north side. <4>

'B' SY 78919224, now mutilated by a trackway; ditch visible only on the south side. A, B and C re-surveyed, and D surveyed, at 1:2500 on MSD. <5>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1906 (Map). SWX1540.

(Centred SY 788922) Tumuli (NR) (three shown)

<2> Rigg, J, Field Investigators Comments JR, F1 JR 23-SEP-52 (Unpublished document). SWX1255.

<3> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 85 (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, 434 (Monograph). SDO150.

‘Pallington Heath Group (SY 79 SE). Eight barrows, including one probable bell, immediately S. of Piddle-Frome watershed, near S. edge of broad flat plateau just above 300 ft. contour. … (48) Ditched bowl (78919224) 135 yds. E.N.E. of (46). Diam. 50 ft., ht. 5½ ft. Road cuts N. side.’

<5> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F2 JGB 23-JAN-81 (Unpublished document).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 Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Externally held archive: RCH01/093 RCHME Inventory: Dorset II (South-East) (Unpublished document).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, 454876 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Oct 25 2024 9:53AM