Monument record MDO7251 - Bowl barrow, Chaldon Herring

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Summary

Bronze Age bowl barrow, recorded in 1970 as being about 40 feet in diameter, ploughed out.

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Listed by Grinsell as an almost destroyed bowl barrow. RCHM refer to the site as Barrow (?) with a diameter of circa 40ft, situated immediately above a Celtic field lynchet. <1> <3>

Ploughed out. <4>


<1> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 98 (Monograph). SDO132.

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

Tumulus (NR) (site of) (NAT)

<3> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 441 (Monograph). SDO150.

'(37) Barrow (?) (SY 78 SE; 79368133) about 22 yds. E. of (36). Diam. about 40 ft. In arable, and immediately above a 'Celtic' field lynchet.'

<4> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, 30-JUL-80 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 454158 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Sources/Archives (5)

  • <1> Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 98.
  • <2> Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Map 6in. 6 inch to 1 mile. 1963.
  • <3> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3. 441.
  • <4> Unpublished document: Barton, J G. Various. Field Investigators Comments JGB. 30-JUL-80.
  • <5> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 454158.

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Location

Grid reference SY 79360 81330 (point)
Map sheet SY78SE
Civil Parish Chaldon Herring; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 6 005 037
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 78 SE 13
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 454158
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Chaldon Herring 37

Record last edited

Jul 7 2023 4:46PM

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