Monument record MDO8428 - Round barrow, near Queens Park, Bournemouth

A round barrow in heathland is marked on the Ordnance Survey 25-inch map epoch 1 (1871). The epoch 2 and 3 (1898-1909) maps show this barrow increasingly surrounded and isolated by brickworks. The epoch 4 map (1923) shows the southern edge of the barrow had been impinged on by housing development. <1-4>

Round barrow, overgrown and obscure. <5>

This barrow was opened by G Willmott in 1935 and nothing was found. <6>

No visible remains. Site built over. <7>

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1864, 1886, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one (Map). SDO10239.

SZ 10369339 Tumulus (NR)

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1900, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch two (Map). SDO11594.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1923-33, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch three (Map). SDO11595.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1934-38, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch four (Map). SDO11596.

<5> Wallace, W G, 1919-23, Bournemouth Natural Science Society 6" map and private notes (Article in serial). SDO17433.

<6> Grinsell, L V, 1940, Hampshire Barrows; Proceedings of the Hampshire Field Club and Archaeological Society 14, 363 (Article in serial). SWX3470.

<7> Colquhoun, F D, Field Investigators Comments FDC, F1 FDC 20-NOV-51 (Unpublished document). SWX2609.

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 458787 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

May 5 2023 5:08PM