Monument record MDO7682 - Bowl barrow, one of the West Holme Heath Group, East Stoke

Potential site of a Bronze Age bowl barrow. One of a linear barrow group on West Holme Heath. This barrow was not identified on aerial photographs.

West Holme Heath group of five, possibly six round barrows, lying in an almost straight east to west line in an area devastated by tanks. 'A'-(26)-SY 88238460. Mound, possible barrow, about 60ft diameter and 2ft high. Cut by road on west. <2>

SY 883846. Round barrows on West Holme Heath. Scheduled. <3>

'A', 'D' and 'E' have been destroyed. The surviving barrows are in very poor condition, having been mutilated by military activity. Surveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. <5>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1963 (Map). SWX1540.

(Centred SY 883846) Tumuli (NR) (Five Shown)

<2> 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.

‘WEST HOLME HEATH GROUP (SY 88 SE). Five, possibly six, barrows lie in an almost straight E.-W. line on a slight ridge in an area devastated by tanks. (26) Mound, possible barrow (88238460). Diam. about 60 ft., ht. 2 ft. Cut by road on W.’

<3> Department of the Environment, 1977, Department of the Environment (IAM) Ancient Monuments of England Vol 2, 63 (Monograph). SWX2300.

<4> Papworth, M D J, Trust for Wessex Archaeology, 1983, Isle of Purbeck Survey, IOP 130 (Index). SDO147.

‘A low rise on heathland. There are three army range buildings and a track built immediately N. of the barrow.7/7/3’

<5> Attrill, N J, Field Investigators Comments NJA, F1 NJA 07-JUL-81 (Unpublished document). SDO14743.

<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 Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Externally held archive: RCH01/093 RCHME Inventory: Dorset II (South-East) (Unpublished document).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, 455486 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Jan 22 2024 2:36PM