Monument record MDO991 - Bowl barrow, Dewlish

A Bronze Age bowl barrow. In 1970 this monument was reported as being around 35 feet in diameter with a mound about 1 foot high, and severely ploughed.

'B' Severely ploughed bowl barrow at SY 78859740, 250 yards east of 'A'. Diameter about 35 feet, height 1 foot. <3>

Round barrow east of Milborne Wood. SY 786974, Scheduled. <4>

'B' SY 78859740, diameter 13.0m., height 0.2m. Both barrows are in arable and have been much ploughed down. Neither has a visible ditch. Re-surveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. <5>

<1> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 104 (Monograph). SDO132.

<2> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1963 (Map). SWX1540.

('A' - SY 78629739; 'B' - SY 78859739) Tumuli (NR)

<3> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 1, 89 (Monograph). SDO146.

'(17) Bowl (78859740), 250 yds. E. of (16) and severely ploughed; diam. About 35 ft., ht. 1 ft'.

<4> Department of the Environment, 1977, Department of the Environment (IAM) Ancient Monuments of England Vol 2, 63 (Monograph). SWX2300.

<5> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F1 JGB 1980-10-01 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 454548 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Sep 22 2023 10:32AM