Monument record MDO8071 - Thorn Barrow, Tyneham

A round mound, 27m across, is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1945. This Bronze Age barrow has been badly spread out by military training shell-fire.

The northern half of this barrow has been badly spread out by shell-fire and the ditch in this area has been obliterated. East-West the barrow measures 27.0m. and North-South approximately 25.0m. while the ditch is 2.5m. wide and 0.4m. deep. There were no surface finds in the vicinity of this bowl-barrow. <2>

SY 87698199. Thorn Barrow, bowl barrow, 83ft. diameter and 10ft. high. Overgrown. <3>

SY 878819. Thorn Barrow, round barrow and three adjacent round barrows. Scheduled. <4>

SY 87678199. Thorn Barrow (name not confirmed) has been destroyed on all but the south side where it is a semi-circular scarp 1.2m. high. There is no trace of the former ditch. Resurveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. <5>

Thorn Barrow. A round mound, 27m across, is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1945 <7>. This Bronze Age barrow has been badly spread out by military training shell-fire although the outer ditch is still identifiable on the most recent Google Earth imagery. The site was digitally plotted from aerial photographs during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.

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

(SY 87678199) Thorn Barrow Tumulus (NR)

<2> Rigg, J, Field Investigators Comments JR, F1 JR 24-JUL-52 (Unpublished document). SWX1255.

<3> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 2, 454 (Monograph). SDO149.

‘Thorn Barrow Group (SY 88 SE). Six barrows around 200 ft. contour W. of Povington. Three, possibly four (15–18), are close together in a straight line. … (19) Thorn Barrow, bowl (87698199), on top of slight rise 183 yds. N.N.W. of (18). Diam. 83 ft., ht. 10 ft. Overgrown.’

<4> Department of the Environment, 1977, Department of the Environment (IAM) Ancient Monuments of England Vol 2, 71 (Monograph). SWX2300.

<5> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F2 JGB 02-JUL-81 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<6> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Externally held archive: RCH01/093 RCHME Inventory: Dorset II (South-East) (Unpublished document). SDO17434.

<7> Royal Air Force, 21-JAN-1945, RAF 106G/UK/105 2030-1 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13713.

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 455436 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Oct 15 2024 4:50PM