Monument record MDO8801 - Bowl barrow on Blackwater Hill, Hurn

A Bronze Age bowl barrow on Blackwater Hill, Hurn. The barrow is visible on 1940s aerial photographs and was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

Bowl barrow. Diameter 14 paces, high 2 ft. <2>

The site of this barrow is now mutilated beyond recognition by military activity. <3>

The barrow is visible on 1940s aerial photographs <5> and was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

National Record of the Historic Environment, 458431 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Bowl barrow. Diameter 14 paces, heigh 2 ft. (2)

The site of this barrow is now mutilated beyond recognition by military activity. (3)

Tumulus (NR) (site of) (4)

( 1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date) OS 6" 1931/38
( 2) General reference
Proc Hants FC and AS 14 1938 363 (L V Grinsell)
( 3) Field Investigators Comments F1 WCW 15-JUL-54
( 4) General reference OS 1:2500 1960

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

(SZ 13689612) Tumulus (NR)

<2> Grinsell, L V, 1940, Hampshire Barrows; Proceedings of the Hampshire Field Club and Archaeological Society 14, 363 (Article in serial). SWX3470.

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 Woodhouse, W C, Various, Field Investigators Comments WCW, F1 WCW 15-JUL-54 (Unpublished document).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

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1:2500 scale, 1960 (Map). SWX1197.

Tumulus (NR) (site of)

<5> Royal Air Force, 28-MAY-47, RAF_CPE_UK_2102 RP 3279-80 (Aerial Photograph). SDO15579.

Record last edited

Dec 23 2024 3:51PM