Monument record MDO8832 - Bowl Barrow at Gibbet Firs on East Parley Common, Hurn

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Summary

A Bronze Age barrow at Gibbet Firs on East Parley Common is visible on current Lidar imagery and was plotted from this source by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

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Full Description

A Bronze Age barrow at Gibbet Firs on East Parley Common is visible on current Lidar imagery and was plotted from this source by the Dorset Stour NMP project (1).

The barrow is visible as a low elliptical mound 21m long by 17.7m wide, with a bite out of its northeast quadrant. Any outer ditch is not clearly visible on current Lidar imagery (1).


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

<2> Jefferies, Jeff, 1999, The Barrows of Christchurch. Their Past, Present and Future, Appendix 1. Barrow Record 40 (Unpublished document). SDO20590.

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 457688 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Aerial Photograph: XX-XXX-2015. Environment Agency DTM Lidar 1m.
  • <2> Unpublished document: Jefferies, Jeff. 1999. The Barrows of Christchurch. Their Past, Present and Future. Appendix 1. Barrow Record 40.
  • <3> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 457688.

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Location

Grid reference SZ 0972 9970 (point) (3 map features)
Map sheet SZ09NE
Civil Parish Hurn; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Protected Status/Designation

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 8 002 038
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SZ 09 NE 2
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 457688

Record last edited

Oct 7 2024 3:06PM

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