Monument record MDO8245 - Ditched bowl barrow, West Lulworth

A mound surrounded by an outer ditch is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs and Lidar imagery of Hambury Tout. It is considered likely to be the site of a late prehistoric round barrow. It is one of three potential round barrows located on Hambury Tout (see also MDO8243 & MDO8244), and was probably opened in around 1790 by Milner who found bones and urns.

A mound, approximately 10m in diameter, surrounded by a 1.3m wide outer ditch, is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs <10-11> and Lidar imagery <12> of Hambury Tout. It is considered likely to be the site of a late prehistoric round barrow. It is one of three potential round barrows located on Hambury Tout (see also MDO8243 & MDO8244). This feature was digitally plotted during the South West Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Dorset).

Hanbury Hill " … a tumulus or circle about 10ft in dia. Of large loose stones … a gigantic skeleton had been found there" - 1791. (May apply to this tumulus which is situated on Hambury Tout). <2>

'B') A bowl barrow sited at SY 81608028. Possiby opened by J Milner the same day as he dug into (a). Bones and broken urns found. <3>

'B' - A mound of 15.0m. Diameter and 0.5m. High. A surrounding ditch 1.3m. Wide, and 0.25 m. deep is visible except at the NE quadrant. A hollow in the centre has a diameter of 3.5m. And a depth of 0.4m. No berm is visible. No surface finds were made in the vicinity of this bowl barrow, which is grass covered. Surveyed at SY 81628028. <4>

'B'-(41)-SY 81638030. Ditched bowl barrow, about 47ft diameter and 3ft hgih, much disturbed. Probably opened by Milner who found bones and urns. <6>

SY 816802-816803. Hambury Tout round barrows. Scheduled. <7>

'B'. SY 81648029. Bowl Barrow, diameter 18.0m. Overall including a ditch 1.5m. Wide and 0.3m. Deep. The height is 1.0m. Maximum. The ditch is not visible on the north and east sides. Resurveyable at 1/2500 on M.S.D. <8>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1903 (Map). SWX1540.

(SY 81588029) Tumulus (NR)

<2> Crawford, O G S, Annotated record map 6 inch (Map). SWX7265.

<3> Grinsell, L V, 1935-54, Dorset Barrows 1935-54 Manuscript (Unpublished document). SWX1556.

<4> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 05-SEP-52 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<5> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1963 (Map). SWX1540.

'A'- SY 81588029; 'B'- SY 81648030). Tumuli (NR)

<6> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 446 (Monograph). SDO150.

<7> Department of the Environment, 1977, Department of the Environment (IAM) Ancient Monuments of England Vol 2 (Monograph). SWX2300.

<8> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F2 JGB 24-JUL-81 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

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

<10> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1821 F36 5436-7 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12938.

<11> Royal Air Force, 18-FEB-1970, RAF 58/0254 0005-6 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12936.

<12> Channel Coastal Observatory, 25-FEB-2009, Lidar (Aerial Photograph). SDO12879.

<13> National Record of the Historic Environment, 455618 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Oct 25 2023 2:16PM