Monument record MDO7037 - Three Lords' Barrow, Arne

Possible bowl barrow at junction of four parishes and formerly at junction of three manors, diameter 45 feet, hight 3 feet, on natural knoll. A piece of stone window jamb once on top of the mound probably served as a boundary mark.

Possible bowl barrow at junction of four parishes and formerly at junction of three manors, diameter 45 feet, height 3 feet, on natural knoll. A piece of stone window jamb on top probably serves as a boundary mark. <2> <4>. A small mound is visible at this location on aerial photographs taken in 1946 <3>, it was digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.

Three Lords' Barrow (on meeting place of 4 boundaries, and doubtless at one time on meeting place of 3, hence the name) Large Bowl Barrow. <2>

The barrow is spread, with no trace of a ditch. Diameter 22.0 metres; height 1.8 metres. Grass and gorse covered, with no sign of mutilation on top except for a boundary stone. A bowl barrow. <4>

Three Lords' Barrow, stands at the junction of four parishes, formerly the junction of three manors. It is about 45 feet in
diameter by 3 feet high, on a natural knoll with a stream to the south and west. A piece of stone window jamb on top presumably serves as a boundary mark. <6>

SY 91458474. Three Lords' Barrow. This round barrow in its present form measures approximately 34.0m by 28.0m and it is up to 1.8m high. It was constructed of turf/soil but with a fairly high small stone content. The majority of the mound has been spread by the plough and it is under crop; the western quadrant is however under dense vegetation cover and remains untouched although its fringes have been eroded by a stream. The differing dimensions of the mound noted by authorities 3 and 4 depend on the interpretation of natural and artificial elements of the earthwork. It is not possible however, under present conditions to detect the presence of a natural knoll. Other round barrows in the vicinity have similar proportions. The boundary stone has been removed. Published 1:2500 survey revised. <8>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1930 (Map). SWX1540.

(SY 91468474) Three Lords' Barrow (Tumulus) (NR)

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 Grinsell, L V, Dorset Barrows (Unpublished MSs) (Unpublished document).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

<3> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1821 4413-4 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13467.

<4> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 23-JUL-52 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<5> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 86 (Monograph). SDO132.

<6> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 435 (Monograph). SDO150.

‘(37) Three Lords' Barrow, bowl (?) (SY 98 SW; 91458475) at junction of four parishes and formerly at junction of three manors. Diam. about 45 ft., ht. 3 ft., on natural knoll with stream to S. and W. A piece of stone window jamb on top presumably serves as boundary mark.’

<7> Papworth, M D J, Trust for Wessex Archaeology, 1983, Isle of Purbeck Survey, IOP 79 (Index). SDO147.

‘Situated in the corner of a regularly ploughed field. Parish (& field) boundaries cross at its S. and W. perimeters. The N. and E. sides of the barrow have been reduced and spread by ploughing while the S. and W. are steeper and unploughed, covered in gorse and rough grass. There are trees and shrubs in the field corner covereing the S.W. perimeter. O.S. SY98SW38. 1/3/C.’

<8> Fletcher, Martin, Field investigator's comments MJF, F2 MJF 25-APR-86 (Unpublished document). SDO17630.

<9> National Record of the Historic Environment, 457009 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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