Monument record MDO8082 - Double bowl barrow on Povington Heath, Tyneham

Two round barrows north west of Pool Pond.

'A'-SY 88578375. Bowl barrow, 20.0m. diameter and 2.3m. high with surrounding ditch 1.2m wide and 0.4m deep. The top of the mound and north part of the ditch are mutilated.

'B'-SY 88568373. Bowl barrow. 24.0m. diameter and 2.4m. high with flattened top. The surrounding ditch, 1.0m. wide and 0.4m. deep merges on the north with that of 'A'. <2>

'A'-SY 88578376 and 'B'-SY 88568374 - (30) - Ditched double bowl barrow, with diameter of each mound, 62ft and 60ft respectively and both 8ft high. Surrounding ditches converge into a common ditch between the mounds. <3>

SY 885837. Two round barrows 50 yards (45m) north west of Pool Pound. Scheduled. <4>

'A' SY 88578375. Bowl barrow, overall diameter 24.0m. including a ditch 2.0m. wide and 0.4m. deep. The height of the mound is 2.3m.

'B' SY 88568373. Bowl barrow, overall diameter 24.5m. including a ditch 2.0m. wide and 0.4m. deep. The height of the mound is 2.7m. The ditches of 'A' and 'B' converge for a distance of a few metres. 'A' and 'B' Resurveyed and 'C' Surveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. <6>

One of two barrows on Povington Heath, visible as earthworks on aerial photographs <8-9>. The barrow mound is 19m across with an outer encircling ditch. It was digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project and it still visible on recent Google Earth imagery.

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

(Centred SY 885837) Tumuli (NR) two shown

<2> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 23-JUL-52 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<3> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 454 (Monograph). SDO150.

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

<5> Papworth, M D J, Trust for Wessex Archaeology, 1983, Isle of Purbeck Survey, IOP 165 (Index). SDO147.

<6> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F2 JGB 29-JUL-81 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<7> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3 (Monograph). SDO150.

<8> Royal Air Force, 21-JAN-1945, RAF 106G/LA105 1033-4 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13710.

<9> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1821 4419-20 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13706.

<10> National Record of the Historic Environment, 455489 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Dec 23 2024 4:18PM