Monument record MDO8516 - Bronze Age bowl barrow, Wick Lane, Bournemouth

A Bronze Age bowl barrow, surviving as an earthwork and located on the south side of Wick Lane. When visited by an Ordnance Survey field investigator in 1959, it could be seen as an elongated mound 27 metres north-south by 17 metres east-west, with a maximum height of 2.6 metres. It was described as slightly mutilated and had been planted with fir trees. There was no visible sign of a surrounding ditch, nor any trace of an excavation.

A half-mile WSW of Christchurch Priory, on the south side of Wick Lane stands one of the largest surviving barrows in the district. Formerly it was known as Green Low. Bowl barrow. Diameter 30 paces by 10ft. (b). <2>

An elongated mound; 27 metres N-S, and 117.0 metres in an E-W direction. It has been slightly mutilated, and planted with fir trees. The barrow has a maximum central height of 2.6 metres. There is no visible surrounding ditch, or sign of excavation. <3>

No change. Published 1:1250 correct. <4>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1931-38 (Map). SWX1540.

Tumulus (OE)

<2> Grinsell, L V, 1940, Hampshire Barrows; Proceedings of the Hampshire Field Club and Archaeological Society 14, p363 (Article in serial). SWX3470.

<3> Calkin, J B, 1952, Bournemouth Area in Neolithic and Early Bronze Age times, p46 (Article in serial). SWX3647.

<4> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 16-JUL-59 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<5> Aldsworth, F G, Various, Field Investigators Comments FGA, F2 FGA 31-MAR-69 (Unpublished document). SWX1161.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 458591 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Aug 30 2024 10:31AM