Monument record MDO8571 - Bowl barrow, one of the Lush Barrow Group, Bournemouth

Group SZ 0665 9468: Lush Barrows (NR) (Site of) <1>

Site of three barrows now destroyed. <2>
SZ 0663 9470: '(A)' Diameter 45 feet (no height) ditched. Has been opened, large pit nearly to ground level in centre.

SZ 0666 9471: '(B)' Diameter 40 feet. Height 2.5 feet? Overgrown by gorse, small hole in top and cave in west made by children, which is not yet (July 1919) very near the centre.

SZ 0664 9465: '(C)' Diameter 36 feet height 2.5 feet ditched dug into but probably not much disturbed. <3>

No visible remains. All sites now built over by modern housing.<4>


One of a group of three barrows known as the 'Lush Barrows', now all destroyed by housing development. This round barrow was recorded as being 40 feet in diameter and about 2.5 feet high. In July 1919, it was described as being overgrown by gorse with a small hole in top and a 'cave' in the western side made by children. <5>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1932/38 (Map). SWX1540.

<2> Grinsell, L V, 1940, Hampshire Barrows; Proceedings of the Hampshire Field Club and Archaeological Society 14, 362 (Article in serial). SWX3470.

<3> Wallace, W G, 1919-1923, Proceedings of the Bournemouth Natural Science Society 6 and private notes (Article in serial). SWX3467.

<4> Colquhoun, F D, Field Investigators Comments FDC, F1 FDC 22-NOV-51 (Unpublished document). SWX2609.

<5> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Records, SZ 09 SE 1 (Index). SDO131.

Group SZ 0665 9468: Lush Barrows (NR) (Site of) (1)

Site of three barrows now destroyed. (2)

SZ 0663 9470: '(A)' Diameter 45 feet (no height) ditched. Has been opened, large pit nearly to ground level in centre.

SZ 0666 9471: '(B)' Diameter 40 feet. Height 2.5 feet? Overgrown by gorse, small hole in top and cave in west made by children, which is not yet (July 1919) very near the centre.

SZ 0664 9465: '(C)' Diameter 36 feet height 2.5 feet ditched dug into but probably not much disturbed. (3)

No visible remains. All sites now built over by modern housing.(4)

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 458068 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Apr 4 2022 2:27PM