Monument record MDO7209 - Bowl barrow, one of the Bloxworth Down Group, Bloxworth

Barrow "H"

['A' : SY 87679623; 'B': SY 87699621; 'C' : SY 87729623; 'D' : SY 87689625; 'E' : SY 87709628.] TUMULI [OE] (5)

'G' : SY 8765967; 'H' : SY 87679626; 'J' : SY 87709624; 'K' : SY 87669619 'L' : SY 87709620; 'M' : SY 87729626; 'F' : SY 87639628.

'A' - 'D', 'H' - 'M', bowl barrows with diameters ranging from 10-23 paces and heights from 6 inches to 6 feet. LBA sherds were found on 'H' by L.V.Grinsell in 1954. 'G' and 'F' are probable bowl barrows

'E' is a disc-barrow with a mound, 48 feet in diameter and 2 1/2 feet high. The berm is 33 feet wide and the ditch and outer bank each 12 feet wide. Excavation revealed a primary cremation and eight bi-conical amber beads, six or seven segmented faience beads and bone tweezers beneath a collared urn.
Intrusive burials of man, woman and two children at least three of which were crouched were near the top. Finds in the British Museum. (7)

Sitings as above except 'H' : SY 87679628; 'K' : SY 87669620; 'L' : SY 87709619; 'G' : SY 87649628; 'F' : SY 87639629.

A group of twelve barrows comprising eight definite bowl barrows - 'A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'H', 'J', 'K', and 'L'; three probable bowl barrows - 'F', 'G' and 'M'; a disc-barrow - 'E'. The group isvisible on air-photographs. 'F', 'H' and 'M' are ploughed out; the bank and ditch of 'E' is only partly visible. A 25" survey has been made. (9)

See attached concordance of barrows on Bloxworth Down as listed by Grinsell and RCHM. See plan (authy 10) (10, 14)

('A': SY 87679623; 'B': SY 87699621; 'C': SY 87729623; 'D': SY 87689625; 'E'; SY 87709628; 'G': SY 87659628; 'J': SY 87709623; 'K': SY 87669619; 'L': SY 87699619) Tumuli (NR) (11)
'G' : SY 8765967; 'H' : SY 87679626; 'J' : SY 87709624; 'K' : SY 87669619 'L' : SY 87709620; 'M' : SY 87729626; 'F' : SY 87639628.
'A' - 'D', 'H' - 'M', bowl barrows with diameters ranging from 10-23 paces and heights from 6 inches to 6 feet. LBA sherds were found on 'H' by L.V.Grinsell in 1954. (Grinsell 1935-54 Manuscript)

Sitings as above except 'H' : SY 87679628; 'K' : SY 87669620; 'L' : SY 87709619; 'G' : SY 87649628; 'F' : SY 87639629.
A group of twelve barrows comprising eight definite bowl barrows - 'A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'H', 'J', 'K', and 'L'; three probable bowl barrows - 'F', 'G' and 'M'; a disc-barrow - 'E'. The group is visible on air-photographs. 'F', 'H' and 'M' are ploughed out; the bank and ditch of 'E' is only partly visible. A 25" survey has been made. (Swatridge 1954)

Save for 'K' and 'L', the majority of this group is currently inaccessible.
O.S. air photographs show the distinct cropmark of the ditch of one bowl (?) barrow, about 35 metres overall diameter and centred at SY 87629628. The cropmark of the mound is visible as two separate parts, the result of a bisecting trench, about 8 metres wide, set in a N.E./S.W. direction. Since the barrow was not portrayed on the O.S. 25" 1901, it seems that little was then visible and the excavation trench was probably of 19th century origin.
'H'. Not visible; clear as ditch cropmark on (CPE/UK/1974/3344-5), faint on (OS/80/021/218-9).

Barrows, other than 'A', 'B' and 'C' which are clearly extant, have been retained on the M.S.D. pending future investigation. (Attrill 1981)

Swatridge, G C, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigator's Comments GCS, 1954-11-09 (Unpublished document). SWX1169.

Attrill, N J, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigator's Comments NJA, 1981-05-27 (Unpublished document). SDO14743.

Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1963 (Map). SWX1540.

('A': SY 87679623; 'B': SY 87699621; 'C': SY 87729623; 'D': SY 87689625; 'E'; SY 87709628; 'G': SY 87659628; 'J': SY 87709623; 'K': SY 87669619; 'L': SY 87699619) Tumuli (NR)

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

<1> John Hutchins, edited by Gough and Cuming, 1774, The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset. 1st edition. Volume 1, 102 4 (Monograph). SWX2949.

<2b> Proceedings of the Archaeological Institute, 93 1949 (Serial). SDO19703.

<2a> Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia (Article in serial). SDO20195.

<3> Society of Antiquaries of London, 1871, Archaeologia 43, 495 (Serial). SDO17248.

<4> Warne, C, 1888, Pamphlets and notices, 14 (Monograph). SDO17114.

<5> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1902 (Map). SWX1540.

['A' : SY 87679623; 'B': SY 87699621; 'C' : SY 87729623; 'D' : SY 87689625; 'E' : SY 87709628.] TUMULI [OE]

<6> Abercromby, J, 1912, A Study of the Bronze Age Pottery of Great Britain and Ireland, 65 2 (Monograph). SDO10121.

<8> Society of Antiquaries of London, 1935, Archaeologia 85, 217 (Serial). SDO19666.

<10> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 94 (Monograph). SDO132.

<12> Clay, Dr, Annotated Record Map 6" (Dorset County Museum) (Map). SDO18027.

<13> National Monuments Record, 28-MAR-1968, NMR 68/040-47 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18043.

<14> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 440 (Monograph). SDO150.

‘Bloxworth Down Group (SY 89 NE). Fifteen barrows, including one disc or bell-disc, and comprising all the barrows in the parish, lie on a N. slope at the W. end of a chalk ridge between 170 ft. and 236 ft. above O.D.; (29) is on the highest point in the parish, and ten others cluster N. and E. of it. … Two have been destroyed and all but (29) and (30) are badly damaged by ploughing, as are adjacent 'Celtic' fields (Group 33). … (38) Bowl (?) (87669626) 30 yds. E. of (37). Diam. about 45 ft., ht. about 1 ft.’

<16> Ordnance Survey, 18-APR-1980, OS 80/021 218-9 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19641.

<18> National Monuments Record, 06-JUN-2007, NMR 24629/48 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19895.

<19> DCMS, 1998, Scheduled Monument Notification 1998 (Scheduling record). SWX1137.

<20> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Externally held archive: RCH01/093 RCHME Inventory: Dorset II (South-East) (Unpublished document). SDO17434.

<21> National Record of the Historic Environment (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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