Monument record MDO7648 - Bowl barrow on Boat Knoll, East Lulworth

Bowl barrow on the summit of Boat Knoll, which is called 'Boyt Knowl' on early maps. In 1970 this monument was reported as being around 45 feet in diameter with a mound about five feet high, and much disturbed. The site is visible as earthworths on aerial photographs taken in 1966.

SY 86658129. Bowl barrow, about 45ft. diameter and about 5ft. high situated on summit of Boat Knowl ('Boyt Knowl on 1770 map of E. Lulworth Common Fields). Much disturbed. <2-3>

SY 867813. Round barrow on Boat Knoll. Scheduled. <4>

SY 86658129. Bowl barrow in a dense wood and inaccessible. Revised at 1:2500 on M.S.D. from measurements given by Authy's 2 & 3. <5>

The disturbed mound, 21m across, is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1966 <6>.

Recent Google Earth imagery shows the site covered in scrub, and the barrow is not visible.

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1902 (Map). SWX1540.

(SY 88658129) Tumulus (NR)

<2> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 107 (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.

‘(34) Bowl (86658129) on summit of Boat Knowl ('Boyt Knowl', 1770). Diam. about 45 ft., ht. about 5 ft. Much disturbed.’

<4> Department of the Environment, 1977, Department of the Environment (IAM) Ancient Monuments of England Vol 2, 63 (Monograph). SWX2300.

<5> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F1 JGB 02-JUL-81 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<6> Royal Air Force, 03-MAY-1966, RAF 58/7372 0055-6 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13705.

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 Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Externally held archive: RCH01/093 RCHME Inventory: Dorset II (South-East) (Unpublished document).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

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 455397 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Aug 16 2023 4:43PM