Monument record MDO7256 - Bowl barrow, Chaldon Herring

A bowl barrow on the eastern slope of a ridge. In 1970 this monument was reported as being around 43 feet in diameter with a mound 5 feet high, and much damaged. The Bronze Age barrow is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs.

A bowl barrow, 43ft. diameter by 4-5ft. high but much damaged. Situated on the east facing slope of a ridge. <1> <3>

Bowl barrow in arable but not ploughed over. diameter 12.0m., height 1.2m. No visible ditch. Re-surveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. <4>

The Bronze Age barrow is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs <6>. The barrow is sub-circular and measures 13 m in diameter. This feature was digitally plotted as part of the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.

<1> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 99 (Monograph). SDO132.

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

(SY 79958163) 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, 441 (Monograph). SDO150.

‘(41) Bowl (SY 78 SE; 79958163) on E. slope of ridge. Diam. 43 ft., ht. 5 ft. Much damaged.’

<4> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F1 JGB 21-JUL-80 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<5> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Externally held archive: RCH01/093 RCHME Inventory: Dorset II (South-East) (Unpublished document). SDO17434.

<6> Dorset County Council, XX-XXX-2002, Dorset CC Vertical Digital Photo Tile (Aerial Photograph). SDO13248.

<7> National Record of the Historic Environment, 454152 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Oct 15 2024 4:11PM