Monument record MDO7178 - Bowl barrow, Bere Regis

Bowl barrow recorded as a standing monument on Ordnance Survey digital mapping. The site of the barrow is visible as low earthworks on lidar imagery and was digitally recorded during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM.

'D' - A near circular mound - possibly a bowl barrow, averaging 32m diameter and 0.6m high with no indication of ditch is visible at SY 86009640. <3>

(Barrow 'D' has been omitted from the RCHM inventory for some reason). <3>

The barrows are presently under crop and inaccessible. … 'D'. Visible in crop, discernible on (a) but not described by (b). 'C' and 'D' are retained on M.S.D. as described by Authority (1). <4>

SY 86059639 Three bowl barrows 515m SE of East Field Farm, the easternmost known as Bolton's Barrow. The barrows each have a mound composed of earth, flint and chalk with maximum dimensions of between 30m-32m in diameter and between c.0.35-0.6m high. <5>

The site of the barrow is visible as low earthworks on lidar imagery and was digitally recorded during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM. <8>

<1> Swatridge, G C, Various, Field Investigators Comments GCS, F1 GCS 15-NOV-54 (Unpublished document). SWX1169.

<2> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1963 (Map). SWX1540.

'D'-(SY 86009640) Tumulus (NR)

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

<4> Attrill, N J, Field Investigators Comments NJA, F2 NJA 28-MAY-81 (Unpublished document). SDO14743.

<4.1> Ordnance Survey, 18-APR-1980, OS 80/021 220-2 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19633.

<4.2> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 88 (Monograph). SDO132.

<5> English Heritage, Scheduled Monument Notification, 17-Mar-97 (Scheduling record). SDO17381.

<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 Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Externally held archive: RCH01/093 RCHME Inventory: Dorset II (South-East) (Unpublished document).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, 455720 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

<8> Environment Agency, 16-NOV-2021, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO18034.

Record last edited

Jan 17 2025 3:53PM