Monument record MDO7679 - Bowl barrow on Highwood Heath, East Stoke

One of a group of three bowl barrows on a low rise. In 1970 this monument was reported as being around seven metres in diameter and over half a metre high.

'B'. A small bowl barrow at SY 86978545. <2>

'B'. A small bracken covered mound 6.5 metres in diameter and 0.5 metres high. There is no sign of a berm or a ditch. A bowl barrow; surveyed at SY 86988542. No surface finds were made in the vicinity of these barrows during field perambulation. <3>

SY 866856 - SY 870854. Round barrows on Highwood Heath Scheduled. <5>

'B'. SY 86988542. Bowl barrow on edge of forestry plantation; diameter 6.0 metres, height 0.5 metres. Resurveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. <6>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1930 (Map). SWX1540.

(SY 870398539) Tumulus (NR)

<2> Grinsell, L V, 1935-54, Dorset Barrows 1935-54 Manuscript (Unpublished document). SWX1556.

<3> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F1 NVQ 03-SEP-52 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<4> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 451 (Monograph). SDO150.

'Three barrows, including a bell, lie close together on a low rise on Highwood Heath (SY 88 NE). … (23) Bowl (?) (86988543). Diam. 20 ft., ht. 2 ft. Trench across centre.'

<5> Department of the Environment, 1977, Department of the Environment (IAM) Ancient Monuments of England Vol 2, 63 (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 Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F2 JGB 26-JUN-81 (Unpublished document).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 Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Externally held archive: RCH01/093 RCHME Inventory: Dorset II (South-East) (Unpublished document).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> National Record of the Historic Environment, 455208 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Oct 19 2023 11:00AM