Monument record MWX615 - Bowl barrow on Emmett's Hill, Worth Matravers

A bowl barrow situated on Emmett's Hill on the edge of a precipitous cliff to the west. The barrow has a mound composed of earth and limestone blocks, with maximum dimensions of 12 metres in diameter and about 0.75 metres in height. Partial cliff collapse has resulted in the loss of about 4 metres of the mound to the west. Surrounding the mound on the north, east and south sides is a quarry ditch which has become infilled over the years, but will survive as a buried feature 1.5 metres wide.

Bowl barrow partly fallen over cliff. <2>

Half of this barrow has fallen over the cliff. That which remains measures 9.0m north-south and 3.0m east-west with maximum height of 1.0m. There is no trace of a surrounding ditch and there were no surface finds. Bowl Barrow. (3)

SY 95817649. Bowl barrow, 40ft diameter and 2 3/4ft high on Emmett's Hill. The greater part of the barrow has fallen down the precipitous cliff on the west. (4)

No change: situated in rough pasture beside the long distance Dorset Coastal Path. Height OD 120m. <5>

The barrow has been completely destroyed by the effects of coastal erosion. <6>

Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3 (Monograph). SDO150.

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1930 (Map). SWX1540.

Tumulus (NR)

<2> Colquhoun, F D, Field Investigators Comments FDC, F1 FDC 25-OCT-51 (Unpublished document). SWX2609.

<3> Rigg, J, Field Investigators Comments JR, F2 JR 26-JUL-52 (Unpublished document). SWX1255.

<5> Wardale, C F, Various, Field Investigators Comments CFW, F3 CFW 05-FEB-86 (Unpublished document). SWX2704.

<6> Ordnance Survey, 1998, Ordnance Survey Small Scale Map Revisers Comment July 1998 (Unpublished document). SWX2728.

<7> DCMS, 2000, Scheduled Monument Notification 2000, 14-MAR-2000 (Scheduling record). SWX2721.

<8> Grinsell, L V, Dorset Barrows (Unpublished MSs) (Unpublished document). SWX2678.

<9> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Externally held archive: RCH01/093 RCHME Inventory: Dorset II (South-East) (Unpublished document). SDO17434.

<10> National Record of the Historic Environment, 456410 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Dec 7 2024 8:43AM