Monument record MDO780 - Bowl barrow, Wood Hill Clump, Charminster

A bowl barrow. Diameter 16 paces, height 3.5ft. <5>

'A'. A bramble and scrub covered bowl barrow with no visible ditch. Diameter 16.0 metres, height 1.3 metres. <3>

'A' - SY 68059414. Barrow ?, about 48ft. Diameter and 3.5ft high, overgrown and much disturbed, on the summit of Wood Hill. <7>

SY 680941. Round barrow south of Wood Hill Clump. Scheduled. <8>

Both barrows are now ploughed, with 'A' measuring 21.3 metres in diameter and 1.0 metres high, while 'B' measures 16.2 metres in diameter and averages 0.5 metres high. <9>

SY 68049413. A bowl barrow located on the summit of Wood Hill. The barrow mound measures 20 metres in diameter and 0.6 metre high. Scheduled. <10>

A small mound, 12m across, is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs. This is the possible site of a Bronze Age barrow.<11>

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

'A' (SY 68059414) Tumulus (NR)

<2> DCM, Annotated Record Map Corr. 6 Dorset Co Museum (Anon udt.) (Map). SWX2335.

<3> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 02-DEC-54 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<4> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Large Scale/Small Scale Map Reviser's comments, LS Rev (G Sibley 17.2.58) (Verbal communication). SDO19451.

<5> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows (Monograph). SDO132.

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

('A' - SY 68049414; 'B' - SY 68039390) Tumulus (NR) (Twice)

<7> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 2, 73 (Monograph). SDO136.

‘All these monuments except (31) lie E. of the R. Cerne, on the higher ground between it and the R. Piddle; (34–40) form a scattered group on Bushy Eweleaze and (43–46) lie among the remains of 'Celtic' fields (Group (36)). … (42) Barrow ? (68059414), on the summit of Wood Hill at over 400 ft. O.D., overgrown and much disturbed; diam. about 48 ft., ht. 3½ ft.’

<8> Department of the Environment, 1977, Department of the Environment (IAM) Ancient Monuments of England Vol 2 (Monograph). SWX2300.

<9> Attrill, N J, Field Investigators Comments NJA, F2 NJA 16-MAR-81 (Unpublished document). SDO14743.

<10> English Heritage, Scheduled Monument Notification, EH Scheduled Monument Affirmation, 10-JAN-2001 (Scheduling record). SDO17381.

<11> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 4085-6 (Aerial Photograph). SDO10901.

Record last edited

May 28 2025 12:25PM