Monument record MDO7380 - Bowl barrow, one of the Coombe Beacon Group, Coombe Keynes

A group of heather-covered round barrows on Coombe Beacon: 'C' SY 85998440. Bowl barrow, 26.0m. diameter and 1.7m. high on the south and 1.2m. high on the north. There is no evidence of a berm or ditch, and the mound is flat topped and spread. <1>

Coombe Beacon Group of six round barrows, including two probable bells: 'C'-(15) SY 86008440. Bowl barrow, 62ft diameter and 3ft high. <4>

SY 860844. Three round barrows on Coombe Beacon. Scheduled (Probably 'A' 'B' and 'C'). <5>

'C'. SY 85998440. Bowl barrow, diameter 24.0m., height 0.6m to 1.3m. Resurveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. <6>

A low round mound, 23m across, is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs on Combe Beacon <8>. It is one of a known Bronze Age barrow cemetery group. The site was digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project, it is still visible as a low earthwork on recent Google Earth vertical photographs <9>.

<1> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 09-SEP-52 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

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

(Centred SY 860844) Tumuli (NR) (six shown)

<3> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 102 (Monograph). SDO132.

<4> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 442 (Monograph). SDO150.

‘Coombe Beacon Group (SY 88 SE). Six barrows, including two probable bells; (13–15) lie in a triangle and (16–18) in an almost straight line. … (15) Bowl (86008440) in similar position and condition 50 yds. N. of (14). Diam. 62 ft., ht. 3 ft.’

<5> Department of the Environment, 1977, Department of the Environment (IAM) Ancient Monuments of England Vol 2, 62 (Monograph). SWX2300.

<6> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F2 JGB 26-JUN-81 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<7> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Externally held archive: RCH01/093 RCHME Inventory: Dorset II (South-East) (Unpublished document). SDO17434.

<8> Royal Air Force, 18-FEB-1970, RAF 58/0254 0030-1 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13693.

<9> Google Earth, XX-XXX-2005, EARTH.GOOGLE.COM (Aerial Photograph). SDO12698.

<10> National Record of the Historic Environment, 455471 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Jan 22 2024 2:03PM