Monument record MDO979 - Mound, Dewlish

An oval mound recorded as a possible barrow but thought more likely to be part of the the deserted medieval village at Court Close, or possibly associated with post-medieval landscaping of the area. The site is visible as low earthworks on lidar imagery and was digitally recorded during the Dorset Upper Cern and Piddle AIM Project.

A bowl barrow. Diameter 20 paces, height 2ft. <2>

A mound 14.0m diameter N-S and 20m E-W ie, the downhill side. Height 0.6m taken to the south. This mound has all the appearances of a grass covered bowl barrow but its near proximity to a Md depopulated village earthwork suggests some element of doubt. <3>

At SY 77499796 is an oval mound 2 feet high with no trace of a ditch. It is probably part of the earth-works to the north-east, rather than a barrow. <4>

Round barrow south of Manor Farm SY 775980. Scheduled. <5>

Although scheduled as a barrow its situation is such that it is more likely to be Medieval. Re-surveyed at 1:2500 on MSD. <6>

The site is visible as low earthworks on lidar imagery <8> and was digitally recorded during the Dorset Upper Cern and Piddle AIM Project.

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1903 (Map). SWX1540.

(SY 77499795) Tumulus (NR)

<2> Grinsell, L V, 1935-54, Dorset Barrows 1935-54 Manuscript (Unpublished document). SWX1556.

<3> Rigg, J, Field Investigators Comments JR, F1 JR 30-NOV-54 (Unpublished document). SWX1255.

<4> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 1, 88 (Monograph). SDO146.

‘(7) COURT CLOSE (775980), remains of former settlement, lies E., S. and S.W. of the church (see plan, p. 87 and Plate 130). The earthworks comprise a large embanked enclosure sub-divided by banks and scarps, together with the remains of closes and a small moat; they cover some 17 acres, on Chalk, on the W. side of the valley of the Devil's Brook. The name 'Court Close' appears on the Tithe Map of 1844.
The greater part of the site is occupied by a large rectangular enclosure … To the S.W. of the enclosure is an oval mound (77499796), 2 ft. high with no trace of a ditch. It is probably part of the earthworks to the N.E., rather than a barrow. …’

<5> Department of the Environment, 1977, Department of the Environment (IAM) Ancient Monuments of England Vol 2, 63 (Monograph). SWX2300.

<6> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F2 JGB 24-OCT-80 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<7> National Record of the Historic Environment, 454496 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

<8> Environment Agency, 15-DEC-2023, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO20691.

Record last edited

Aug 12 2024 6:48PM