Monument record MDO8748 - Christchurch: Bowl barrow at St Catherine's Hill

Bowl barrow left as an island in a gravel pit, but so eroded it is beyond measurement and recognition. The barrow is visible on current Lidar imagery and was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP. The remains of a post medieval watchtower are recorded at this location on the OS 1st Edition map.

A bowl barrow; diameter 15 paces, height 4 ft. In danger of being quarried away. (2)

The site of this barrow has been left as an island in a gravel pit but erosion has subsequently mutilated it beyond measurement or recognition. (3)

Vestigial remains only. Published 1/2500 revised. (4)

A large quantity of sand was banked against and over this barrow and trees were planted to cut off access as part of emergency earthmoving in January 1976. (5)

The feature is visible as an earthwork on current Lidar imagery and was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP (6).

The remains of a post medieval watchtower are recorded at this location on the OS 1st Edition map (7).

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

Tumulus (NR)

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

<3> Woodhouse, W C, Various, Field Investigators Comments WCW, F1 WCW 15-JUL-54 (Unpublished document). SWX3798.

<4> Aldsworth, F G, Various, Field Investigators Comments FGA, F2 FGA 20-MAR-69 (Unpublished document). SWX1161.

<6> XX-XXX-2015, Environment Agency DTM Lidar 1m (Aerial Photograph). SDO15442.

<7> Ordnance Survey, 1864, 1886, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one (Map). SDO10239.

<8> Jefferies, Jeff, 1999, The Barrows of Christchurch. Their Past, Present and Future, Appendix 1. Barrow Record 7 (Unpublished document). SDO20590.

<9> National Record of the Historic Environment, 458449 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Mar 20 2024 11:13AM