Monument record MDO8256 - Bowl barrow, West Lulworth

'A' and 'B' Bowl barrows. <2>

'A'. A tree covered mound with no sign of a berm or a ditch. Diameter 14.0m. and height 0.5m. This bowl barrow is slightly mutilated by rabbit holes, but no surface finds were made during field peramulation of the area. <3>

Two round barrow in Burngate Wood: 'A' - (52) - SY 83978299. Bowl barrow, about 41ft diameter and 2 1/2ft. high. Tree-covered. <5>

SY 840830. Two round barrows in Burngate Wood. <6>

'A'. SY 83978299 and 'B'. SY 83918293. Two bowl barrows in dense woodland. Not located but assumed to survive. Portrayal revised at 1:2500 on M.S.D. from above measurements. <7>

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

('A' - SY 83978299; 'B' - SY 83918293) Tumuli (NR)

<2> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 10-JUL-52 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<3> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F2 NVQ 20-SEP-52 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<4> Grinsell, L V, 1935-54, Dorset Barrows 1935-54 Manuscript (Unpublished document). SWX1556.

<5> 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.

'(52) Bowl (SY 88 SW; 83978299)on slight N.E. slope 95 yds. N.E. of (51). Diam. About 41 ft., ht. 2½ ft. Tree-covered.'

<6> Department of the Environment, 1977, Department of the Environment (IAM) Ancient Monuments of England Vol 2, 71 (Monograph). SWX2300.

<7> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F3 JGB 08-JUL-81 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 455556 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Jan 5 2024 2:24PM