Monument record MDO8203 - Mound, Wareham St Martin

'A' SY 91199028. Bowl barrow, 8 paces diameter and 3ft. high. (Wareham St Martin barrow No 2). <2>

R.C.H.M. state that Grinsell's Wareham St. Martin barrows Nos. 1 and 2 (A & B) are probably upcast from gravel digging. <3>

The mounds approximate the measurements given by Authority 2 except for 'A' which is 1.2m. in height. Both are doubtful barrows lying in low ground bordering marsh and within 10m. of two ponds. 'A' has the external appearance of a barrow but where the W. side has been sliced by a forestry track it shows an unusual composition of clay and sand (see illustration sketch). Re-surveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. <4>

Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Externally held archive: RCH01/093 RCHME Inventory: Dorset II (South-East) (Unpublished document).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

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

('A' - SY 91189027; 'B' - SY 91159027) Tumuli (NR)

<2> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows (Monograph). SDO132.

<3> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 455 (Monograph). SDO150.

<4> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 12-FEB-81 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 457411 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Nov 27 2024 11:45AM