Monument record MDO7140 - Bowl barrow, Bere Regis

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Summary

A bowl barrow reported in 1970 as having been destroyed.

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

A small bowl barrow with a hollow centre. <2>

A bowl barrow, 13.0m diameter, 0.3m high. No hollow centre can now be seen but there are vague indications of a ditch. Grass covered. <3>

No trace of this barrow was found and it seems to have been ploughed out. <4>

SY 84449717. Bowl(?) barrow, destroyed. <6>


<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1902 (Map). SWX1540.

(SY 84449718) Tumulus (NR)

<2> Grinsell, L V, 1935-54, Dorset Barrows 1935-54 Manuscript (Unpublished document). SWX1556.

<3> Swatridge, G C, Various, Field Investigators Comments GCS, F1 GCS 16-NOV-54 (Unpublished document). SWX1169.

<4> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F2 NVQ 28-APR-59 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<5> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1968 (Map). SWX1540.

(SY 84449717) Tumulus (NR) (Site of) (NAT)

<6> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 437 (Monograph). SDO150.

'(111) Bowl (?) (SY 89 NW; 84449717) 145 yds. S.S.W. of (110). Destroyed.'

<7> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Externally held archive: RCH01/093 RCHME Inventory: Dorset II (South-East) (Unpublished document). SDO17434.

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 455975 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Sources/Archives (8)

  • <1> Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Map 6in. 6 inch to 1 mile. 1902.
  • <2> Unpublished document: Grinsell, L V. 1935-54. Dorset Barrows 1935-54 Manuscript.
  • <3> Unpublished document: Swatridge, G C. Various. Field Investigators Comments GCS. F1 GCS 16-NOV-54.
  • <4> Unpublished document: Quinnell, N V. Various. Field Investigators Comments NVQ. F2 NVQ 28-APR-59.
  • <5> Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Map 6in. 6 inch to 1 mile. 1968.
  • <6> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3. 437.
  • <7> Unpublished document: Royal Commission on Historic Monuments. Externally held archive: RCH01/093 RCHME Inventory: Dorset II (South-East).
  • <8> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 455975.

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Location

Grid reference SY 8444 9717 (point)
Map sheet SY89NW
Civil Parish Bere Regis; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 6 003 111
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 89 NW 42
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 455975
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Bere Regis 111

Record last edited

Oct 11 2024 11:20AM

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