Monument record MDO7164 - Muddox Barrow, Bere Regis

A barrow shown in this general vicinity on an estate map of 1777. No trace of the barrow can be seen, either as an earthwork or on aerial photographs.

Approx. SY 852966. Muddox Barrow (site of) Destroyed. Not shown on OS 1" 1st Ed. A flat bronze axe was found near this barrow. (see SY 89 NE 10). <2>

Perambulation of the area revealed no trace of a barrow and local enquiries produced negative information. <3>

Muddox barrow (about SY 852966), now destroyed, is shown on I. Taylor's estate map of 1777. <4>

There is no indication of a barrow in the vicinity of SY 852966 and nothing is visible on air photographs. <5>

National Record of the Historic Environment, 455710 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Ordnance Survey, 18-APR-1980, OS 80/121 164-5, 223-4 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19630.

<1> Taylor, Isaac, 1765, Dorset Shire (Map). SDO10340.

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 Grinsell, L V, 1935-54, Dorset Barrows 1935-54 Manuscript (Unpublished document).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

<2.1> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1900, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club for 1900 (Serial). SDO14.

<3> Swatridge, G C, Various, Field Investigators Comments GCS, F1 GCS 15-NOV-54 (Unpublished document). SWX1169.

<4> 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.

‘… The parish has an unusual number of named barrows; many, including some now destroyed and forgotten, e.g. Muddox barrow (about 852966), are shown on an estate map of 1777 by I. Taylor (in D.C.R.O.).’

<5> Attrill, N J, Field Investigators Comments NJA, F2 NJA 03-JUN-81 (Unpublished document). SDO14743.

Record last edited

Mar 14 2023 12:30PM