Monument record MDO8552 - Bowl barrow Kinson 2, Kinson, Bournemouth

A round barrow on Kinson Common, excavated in 1948 in advance of development. The barrow had been robbed and no burials were found. The mound was of two phases. The barrow has been built over.

A round barrow on Kinson Common that was excavated in 1948 by the Ministry of Works in advance of development of the area by Bournemouth Corporation.

The area has now been developed and there is no evidence of the barrows. <3>

A bowl barrow 40 feet in diameter and 3.5 feet high, which had been robbed and also damaged by a wartime slit trench. In the centre of the barrow was a pit filled with dark soil, which had been almost completely destroyed by the robbing. No burial survived and the only find was a sherd of pottery. The mound was of two phases with a small ditched primary mound covered by a larger secondary mound with an encircling ditch.

A: A bowl barrow of complex construction, some 40 feet in diameter and 3 feet 6 inches high, consisting of a mound and ditch covering a central pit, the whole then being enclosed with an envelope of dark soil, with traces of an outer ditch. The pit had been robbed and only a few fragments of pottery remained, there being no secondary burials. A B and D were excavated in 1948. <4>

<1> Wallace, W G, 1919-1923, Proceedings of the Bournemouth Natural Science Society 6 and private notes (Article in serial). SWX3467.

<2> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1932/38 (Map). SWX1540.

A: SZ 0623 9553: Tumulus

<3> Colquhoun, F D, Field Investigators Comments FDC, F1 FC 22-NOV-51 (Unpublished document). SWX2609.

<4> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1959, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1958, 133-145 (Serial). SDO58.

<5> Historic England, Historic England Archive, P11427 (Index). SDO14738.

BARROW NO.2 BEFORE EXCAVATION LOOKING NORTH

<6> Historic England, Historic England Archive, P11428 (Index). SDO14738.

BARROW NO.2 - SOUTH-EAST QUADRANT EXCAVATED

<7> Historic England, Historic England Archive, P11429 (Index). SDO14738.

BARROW NO.2 - CENTRAL HOLE, LOOKING SOUTH-EAST

<8> Historic England, Historic England Archive, P11430 (Index). SDO14738.

BARROW NO.2 - ONLY SOUTH-WEST QUADRANT REMAINS

<9> Historic England, Historic England Archive, P11431 (Index). SDO14738.

BARROW NO.2 - EXCAVATION COMPLETE

<10> National Record of the Historic Environment, 457749 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Dec 4 2023 2:13PM