Monument record MDO7064 - Bowl Barrow, Arne

Possible Bowl Barrow, mound 12 metre diameter 2 metres high, situated in a wood of silver birch on the edge of Slepe heath. May be modern earthwork.

A heather covered bowl barrow with a diameter of 13.0m. and a height of 1.8m. It is badly shaped though there are no apparent signsof mutilation. No ditch. <2>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1925 (Map). SWX1540.

Tumulus (NR)

<2> Rigg, J, Field Investigators Comments JR, F1 JR 30-JUL-52 (Unpublished document). SWX1255.

A heather covered bowl barrow with a diameter of 13.0m. and a height of 1.8m. It is badly shaped though there are no apparent signs of mutilation. No ditch.

<3> Grinsell, L V, 1982, Dorset Barrows Supplement, 32 (Monograph). SWX1703.

<4> Papworth, M D J, Trust for Wessex Archaeology, 1983, Isle of Purbeck Survey, IOP 353 (Index). SDO147.

‘Mound 12.0m diam. and 2.0m high. Situated in a wood of silver birch on the E. edge of Slepe Heath. A prominent grass covered mound also covered with gorse and silver birch. Possibly an earthwork of modern construction. Visible on AP/RAF//1946//CPE-UK 1821:6397. Also OS SY98NE8. 7/7/B’

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 456633 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Apr 20 2023 4:29PM