Monument record MDO784 - Bowl barrow south east of Wolfeton Clump, Charminster

A Bronze Age bowl barrow on a south-facing slope. In 1970 this monument was recorded as being around 46 feet in diameter with a mound about 4½ feet high. It is crossed by a hedgerow and the eastern part has been ploughed away.

Two bowl barrows `A' and `B'. 12 and 15 paces in diameter, 3 and 4.5ft high. 'B' has a ditch. <2>

`B'. A grass covered bowl barrow, the north-west half of which alone survives. The barrow is crossed by an earth hedge-bank which, in itself, has caused considerable mutilation. South-east of the hedge, the mound has been completely ploughed away. NE-SW diameter 18.0 metres NW-SE diameter 9.0 metres, height 1.5 metres. Traces of an unsurveyable ditch are noticeable on the north-west side. <3>

`B'. SY 69659484. Bowl barrow, 46ft diameter and 4.5ft high on the same slope as `A', but bisected by a hedgerow and ploughed away on the east side. <4>

`B' - SY 696948. Round barrow south of Wolfeton Clump. Scheduled. <5>

`B' approximates to the description and measurements of Authority (3), though it is now being cut into by ploughing (see ground photograph). Revised at 1:2500 on M.S.D. <6>

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

(`A' - SY 69449497; `B' - SY 69659484) Tumulus (NR) (Twice)

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 Grinsell, L V, 1935-54, Dorset Barrows 1935-54 Manuscript (Unpublished document).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

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 Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 02-DEC-54 (Unpublished document).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

<4> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 1, 73 (Monograph). SDO146.

‘(46) Bowl (69659484), 270 yds. S.E. of (45) on the same slope; bisected by a hedgerow and ploughed away on the E. side, diam. 46 ft., ht. 4½ ft.’

<5> Department of the Environment, 1977, Department of the Environment (IAM) Ancient Monuments of England Vol 2, 62 (Monograph). SWX2300.

<6> Attrill, N J, Field Investigators Comments NJA, F2 NJA 26-FEB-81 (Unpublished document). SDO14743.

<7> National Record of the Historic Environment, 453324 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Nov 2 2023 3:20PM