Monument record MDO7447 - Bowl Barrow at New Mills Heath, Corfe Castle

Another possible barrow west of the track and on the north side of an old (?clay) pit is visible at 'D' SY 95638381. <1>

'D' (25d) SY 95638381. Doubtful barrow. <2>

A possible barrow west of the track from the Corfe Wareham road to Scotland Farm and on the north side of an old possible clay pit. (1) Probable Bowl Barrow - though may be upcast from an adjacent pond.(2-3)

<1> Farrar, R A H, 1954, Corfe Castle, New Mills Heath., p79 (Article in serial). SWX3184.

<1> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1956, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1954, 79 (Serial). SDO54.

<2> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 103 (Monograph). SDO132.

<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> Papworth, M D J, Trust for Wessex Archaeology, 1983, Isle of Purbeck Survey, IOP 548 (Index). SDO147.

<5> Papworth, M, 1992, Middlebere, Corfe Castle Estate, Dorset. Wessex Region, 17 (Unpublished document). SWX1394.

One of four possible burial mounds in the vicinity of the clay pit 112,363. It was identified as an archaeological site in 1954 but was not traceable when visited 28/10/1987. The site was probably the result of upcast from the clay pit as the O.S. 1” – 25” map shows a spread of quarry spoil across the site.

<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 Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Externally held archive: RCH01/093 RCHME Inventory: Dorset II (South-East) (Unpublished document).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, 456854 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Sep 10 2024 9:52AM