Monument record MDO846 - Bowl barrow on Lyscombe Hill, Cheselbourne

One of two bowl barrows very close together, and possibly within the same enclosing ditch. This barrow was recorded in 1970 as being around 36 feet in diameter with a mound about five feet high. There is a hole dug into the centre of the mound, probably caused by antiquarian investigation. The site of the barrow is visible as extant earthworks on lidar imagery and was digitally recorded during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project.

This and adjacent barrow may be twins in the same oval ditch. <1>

One of two adjacent bowl barrows on Lyscombe Hill, Cheslbourne. The site of the barrow is visible as extant earthworks on lidar imagery and was digitally recorded during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project. (Lidar (3)).

<1> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 100 (Monograph). SDO132.

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 1, 79 (Monograph). SDO146.

'(38) Bowl (73470273), adjoining (37), with centre dug into; diam. 36 ft., ht. 3 ft.'

<3> Environment Agency, 16-NOV-2021, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO18034.

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Nov 10 2025 7:02PM