Monument record MDO8038 - Bowl barrow east of Clouds Hill, Turners Puddle

'a' A bowl barrow; diameter 25 paces, height 5 1/2 ft. <2>

'a' This barrow which is situated at SY 82819111 has a diameter of 21.0m and a height of 1.5m. It is flat-topped and has no ditch nor does it bear any traces of mutilations A heather covered bowl barrow. <3>

Tumulus (a) now falls within an area taken over by M.E.X.E., the destruction of the mound is possible. <4>

'A'- (14) - SY 82829112 Bowl barrow, about 50ft diameter and 6ft high. <5>

'A' SY 82819112. 'B' SY 82909104. Two barrows as described by authority 3. Re-surveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. <6>

Two bowl barrows on Turner's Puddle Heath. The barrow situated to the northwest (Barrow A) has a diameter of 22 metres and survives to a height of 2 metres. Althought the southeast barrow (Barrow B) has been truncated by a road, it measures 22 metres east-west, 12.5 metres north-south, and is 1.5 metres high. The flag pole has been removed. <7>

A Bronze Age bowl barrow is visible as an earthwork on lidar imagery on Tonerspuddle Heath <8>. The barrow is sub-circular and measures approximately 23 m in diameter. It is scheduled together with a second barrow located approximately 95 m to the south east(see linked record). This feature was digitally plotted as part of the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.

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

TUMULI [OE] [Two] ['a' SY 82819111: 'b' SY 82909104]

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 Grinsell, L V, 1935-54, Dorset Barrows 1935-54 Manuscript (Unpublished document).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

<3> Rigg, J, Field Investigators Comments JR, F1 JR 11-SEP-1952 (Unpublished document). SWX1255.

<4> Colquhoun, F D, Field Investigators Comments FDC, F2 FDC 13-JAN-1953 (Unpublished document). SWX2609.

<5> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 453 (Monograph). SDO150.

'Six (14–19) of the eleven barrows are on rises in the heath S. of the village. Four of the others, with two in Bere Regis, form a small group on Black Hill, N.E. of the village. A mound, 60 ft. across, at 83919244 is probably natural.
The following three barrows (SY 89 SW) are on a broad W.-E. ridge.
(14) Bowl (?) (82829112). Diam. about 50 ft., ht. 6 ft.'

<6> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F3 JGB 12-FEB-1981 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<7> English Heritage, Scheduled Monument Notification, 24-Jul-02 (Scheduling record). SDO17381.

<8> Environment Agency, 2010, Lidar DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO13148.

<9> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Externally held archive: RCH01/093 RCHME Inventory: Dorset II (South-East) (Unpublished document). SDO17434.

<10> Historic England, Historic England Archive, AO52/F72/3 (Index). SDO14738.

FROM WEST.SEE DOR2/PT 3/453

<11> Historic England, Historic England Archive, OS52/F72/2 (Index). SDO14738.

BOWL BARROW FROM THE WEST, TURNERS PUDDLE. Photographer: UNKNOWN

<12> Historic England, Historic England Archive, OS52/F72/3 (Index). SDO14738.

BOWL BARROW FROM THE WEST, TURNERS PUDDLE. Photographer: UNKNOWN

<13> National Record of the Historic Environment, 456293 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Sep 12 2024 9:41AM