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Metal detectorist finds bronze axe hoard Tom Peirce found the axe heads (over 260 of them) on farmland near Swanage. They were in three locations 50m apart. Wessex Archaeology have since been excavating the site. There's a photo of some of them at http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=509542&in_page_id=1770&ito=1490 on the Daily Mail website. Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by Rhiannon 21st January 2008ce

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Purbeck District Council A comprehensive list of the scheduled monuments in Purbeck. Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by Rhiannon 8th June 2005ce Edited 10th February 2006ce

Ballard Down pond barrow (Round Barrow(s)) — Miscellaneous

Details of Barrow on Pastscape A Bronze Age pond barrow, the northern most barrow in a group of three round barrows situated on Ballard Down. The barrow survives as an earthwork comprising a circular depression 10 metres in diameter and 0.5 metres deep, surrounded by an outer bank one metre wide and 0.2 metres high. In 1967 finds including pottery, burnt bone and shale were recovered from the area of the outer bank by E.E Harrison. The finds are held in the Dorset Museum. (Centred SZ 039813) Tumuli (NR) (three shown) (1) SZ 03988132. A pond barrow with enclosed area of 33 feet in diameter by 2 1/2 feet deep and outer bank 12 feet wide x 1 foot high. Excavated by J.H. Austen in 1857 but with no result. (2-5) Grass covered pond barrow consisting of a circular hollow 11.5 metres in diameter and 1.2 metres deep. (6) Pond barrow, recently ploughed. Pieces of pottery, burnt bone and shale were picked up from the surface in the southeast sector of the barrow by E.E. Harrison in 1967. From their position they appeared to have come from the bank of the barrrow. (7) SZ 03988133. A circular depression, 33 feet across and 3 feet deep with an irregular bank is more likely to be a pond than a pond barrow (but see Authority 7). (8) No change to Authority 8 but National Grid Reference should read - SZ 03988132; Barrow on grassland, in good condition, 117m OD. Surveyed at 1:2500. (9) One of a group of three round barrows situated on Ballard Down. The pond barrow is the northern most barrow of the three and survives as a circular depression 10 metres in diameter and 0.5 metres deep, surrounded by an outer bank one metre wide and 0.2 metres high. In 1967 finds including pottery, burnt bone and shale were recovered from the area of the outer bank by E.E Harrison. The finds are held in the Dorset Museum. (10) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOURCE TEXT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ( 1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date) OS 6" Prov Edition ( 2) General reference - Austen J.H. Purbeck Paper, 161-163 ( 3) by Charles Warne 1866 The Celtic tumuli of Dorset : an account of personal and other researches in the sepulchral aounds of the Durotriges Nos 94-95b ( 4) General reference - Crana Britannica. 1865, 2 p45 ( 5) by L V Grinsell 1959 Dorset barrows - Page(s)133, 172 ( 6) Field Investigators Comments - F1 JR 01-SEP-1952 ( 7) Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society - E E Harrison and J B Calkin 89 (1967) Page(s)140-41 ( 8) by Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England) 1970 Inventory of historical monuments in the county of Dorset: Vol 2, South-East (in 3 parts) - Nos 89-90 Page(s)453 ( 9) Field Investigators Comments - F2 CFW 16-AUG-1985 ( 10) Scheduled Monument Notification - 25-JUN-2001 Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by Chance 18th March 2012ce

Windmill Barrow (Round Barrow(s)) — Miscellaneous

Details of barrow on Pastscape A possible bowl barrow recorded in 1955 by the Ordnance Survey as a tree-covered mound 33 metres in diameter and 2 metres high. A large depression in the top measures 10 metres in diameter and is circa 0.4 metres deep. This depression is, according to RCHME, embanked. The Ordnance Survey noted that, despite the name, there was no evidence at the site for the mound having been a windmill mound. However, RCHME regard the monument as almost certainly a windmill mound rather than a round barrow. Nonetheless, it is scheduled as the latter. (SY 93729773) Windmill Barrow. Tumulus (NR) (1) A bowl barrow, diameter 37 paces, height 12ft. covered in firs. Hollow in the centre. Height is about 7ft. from south 12ft. from north. (2) A bowl barrow with no visible ditch. The tree-covered mound has a diameter of 33.0m., and a height of 2.0m. The hollow in the centre is a depression 10.0m. in diameter and 0.4m. deep. In spite of its name, no evidence of a windmill being at the site was found during recording or field investigation. (3) SY 93729774. 'Windmill Barrow' probable windmill mound of pear-shaped form with diameters, 107ft. west to east and 94ft. north to south, and a height of about 11ft. There is an embanked circular depression about 45ft. diameter on the top of the mound which is situated on the spine of a slight ridge at about 250ft. OD. (4-5) SY 937977. Windmill Barrow, round barrow. Scheduled. (6) Windmill Barrow (name confirmed) remains as described by Auths 4 and 5. It is scheduled as a barrow, but R.C.H.M. believe it to be a windmill mound. No additional observations can be made to resolve the difference, except that it seems large for a windmill mound. On the Tithe Map the area is called "Fortune Close". Resurveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. (7) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOURCE TEXT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ( 1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date) OS 6" 1929 ( 2) General reference Dorset Barrows MSS 1934-55 (L V Grinsell) ( 3) Field Investigators Comments F1 NVQ 24-NOV-55 ( 4) Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England) 1970 An inventory of historical monuments in the County of Dorset. Volume two : south-east [in three parts] No. 38 Page(s)482 ( 5) Notes and queries for Somerset and Dorset No 11 31, 1980 Page(s)14 ( 6) General reference Dept Of Environment (Insp Ancient Mons) Ancient Monuments of England, 1977, 66 ( 7) Field Investigators Comments F3 JGB 19-FEB-81 ( 7a) Externally held archive reference Tithe Map and Award 1839 Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by Chance 9th March 2012ce

Povington Barrow (Round Barrow(s)) — Miscellaneous

Details of site on Pastscape Povington Barrow - Bowl barrow (SY 88048213) Povington Barrow (NR) (1) The discovery of a Late Bronze Age bucket-shaped urn with cremation at Povington Barrow in 1937 was the result of a salvage operation. The urn was standing on its base at the extreme edge of the barrow, apparently on the turf line on which this had originally been built. This suggests that it may have been one of a number of burials set in a circle at the edge of the mound, later than a secondary interment. The urn itself had been covered by a small cairn of local flints. The cremated bones were in a very fragmentary state but no other pottery or finds were discovered. (2) SY 88058214. Povington Barrow, a bowl barrow, 56ft diameter and 7ft high. A cremation in a biconical Bronze Age urn, now in Dorset Co. Museum, was found under a small flint cairn (a) (b).(3) SY 881820. Povington Barrow. Round barrow. Scheduled. (4) SY 88048213. Povington Barrow (name not confirmed) - a bowl barrow of diameter 19.0m. and height 2.3m. situated on heathland on the west side of a natural knoll. Resurveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D.(5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOURCE TEXT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ( 1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date) OS 6" 1963 ( 2) General reference P Dorset NH and AS 71 1949 68-9 (R Farrar) ( 3a) General reference P Dorset NH and AS 70 (1948) 55 ( 3b) General reference Ibid 71 (1949) 68-9 ( 3) General reference RCHM Dorset 2pt 3 1970 454 No 21 ( 4) General reference DOE (IAM) AMs Eng 1977 71 ( 5) Field Investigators Comments F1 JGB 02-JUL-81 Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by Chance 8th March 2012ce

Water Barrows (Round Barrow(s)) — Miscellaneous

Details of site on Pastscape Bowl barrow and possible Bell barrow ('A' - SY 86528175; 'B' - SY 86558179) Water Barrows (Tumuli) (NR) (1) 'A' - Large bowl barrow (no dimensions given). 'B' - Bell barrow, the berm of which is clear on the west but poor on the east with a road abutting the barrow on the north east. The ditch is filled with reeds and waterlogged in wet weather. (2) The 'Water Barrows' lie on almost level ground about 220 ft. OD and comprise: 'A' - (36) SY 86538176. Bowl barrow, very irregular but 3 1/2ft. high. 'B' - (37) - SY 86558180. Bell (?) barrow, about 88ft. diameter including apparent berm on the south-east andand 9 1/2ft. high. The ditch is 12ft. wide, and 2 1/2ft. deep on all sides but the north where it is cut by the road. Much disturbed, especially in the centre. (3) SY 865817. Water Barrows, round barrows. Scheduled. (4) Water Barrows (name not confirmed). 'A' SY 86521875. Bowl barrow, diameter 22.0m., height 1.0m. Ploughed over. 'B' SY 86558179. Bell Barrow, diameter overall 38.0m. including ditch 3.5m. wide and 0.5m. deep. Height of mound 2.9m. The berm is obscured by slumping and mutilation. Resurveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. (5) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOURCE TEXT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ( 1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date) OS 6" 1902 ( 2a) General reference L V Grinsell's "List of Dorset Barrows" (unpub) ( 2) Field Investigators Comments F1 NVQ 09-JUL-52 ( 3) General reference RCHM Dorset 2 pt 3 1970 445 No 36-37 ( 4) General reference DOE (IAM) AM's Eng 1977 63 ( 5) Field Investigators Comments F2 JGB 02-JUL-81 Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by Chance 8th March 2012ce

Icen Barrow (Round Barrow(s)) — Miscellaneous

Details of site on Pastscape Icen Barrow - Icen Barrow, Middle Bronze Age urn found (SY 92188384) Icen Barrow (NR) (1) Icen barrow, very large truncated bowl barrow. (2) A small fragment of a Middle Bronze Age urn, seen in 1940 in the offices of Pike's clay works at Furzebrook (SY 932840) probably came from the Icen barrow. (3) Icen barrow, a damaged bowl barrow, probably ditched, on an almost level site on Creech Heath, is 56 feet in diameter by 5 feet high. A Bronze Age urn was found in it. (4) SY 922839. Icen Barrow, round barrow. Scheduled. Dorset 571. (5) SY 92208383. Church Knowle 1. Icen Barrow listed, details as above. (6-7) This extensively mutilated bowl barrow lies on the edge of a conifer plantation and is now generally inaccessible because of dense vegetation cover. A well-worn path follows much of the circumference of the mound through the undergrowth so the suggestion (4) that the barrow was ditched could not be verified under present conditions. Published 1:2500 survey accepted. A prominent gorse-covered rise approximately 15.0m to the east of the barrow and separated by a wide cutting may prove to be a second barrow but again the mound was inaccessible because of vegetation cover. (8) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOURCE TEXT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ( 1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date) OS 6" 1925 ( 2a) General reference Dorset Barros ms (L V Grinsell) ( 2) Field Investigators Comments F1 FDC 25-OCT-51 ( 3) General reference P Dorset NH & AS 81 1959 121 (J B Chalkin) ( 4) General reference RCHM Dorset 2 pt 3 1970 442 No 45 ( 5) General reference DOE(IAM) AMs England 1977 62 ( 6) General reference Dorset Barrows 1959 101 (LV Grinsell) ( 7) General reference Dorset Barrows Supplement 1982 37 (LV Grinsell) ( 8) Field Investigators Comments F2 MJF 30-APR-86 Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by Chance 8th March 2012ce

Drinking Barrow (Round Barrow(s)) — Miscellaneous

Details of site on Pastscape Drinking Barrow - Bowl Barrow (SY 90698313) Drinking Barrow (NR) (1) 'Drinking Barrow', a bowl barrow at the north corner of Great Plantation, is oval in plan, 45 feet east to west by about 54 feet north to south, and 4 feet high. There is no surrounding ditch, that about 6 feet from the base on the west being part of an abandoned system of copse banks and ditches, and a depression along the east side being a disused track. (2) SY 906833. Drinking Barrow, round barrow. Scheduled. Dorset 704. (3) SY 90698313. Steeple 2. Drinking Barrow, bowl barrow listed with reference to RCHM. Grinsell notes that it is probably so-called from the ditch being waterlogged in wet weather. (4) This round barrow is situated on high ground in a dense unmanaged conifer platation near the edge of the army firing range. It is rather spread being up to 18.7m across and because it has been positioned on a slight slope it varies from 0.7m to 1.4m in height. This sloping site may accont for the vaguely oval shape. The other banks and ditches noted by the RCHM (2) remain clearly evident. Grinsells explanation for the name of the barrow is rather odd as there is no apparent ditch. Published 1:2500 survey revised. (5) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOURCE TEXT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ( 1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date) OS 6" 1963 ( 2) General reference RCHM Dorset 2 pt 3 1970 451 No 20 ( 3) General reference DOE (IAM) Ams of England 1977 ( 4) General reference Dorset Barrows 1959 131 (L V Grinsell) ( 5) Field Investigators Comments F1 MJF 29-APR-86 Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by Chance 8th March 2012ce

Three Lords Barrow (Round Barrow(s)) — Miscellaneous

Details of site on Pastscape A bowl barrow with a mound composed of earth, sand and turf, with a maximum diameter of 20m and a maximum height of c1.5m. This is surrounded by a quarry ditch which survives as a buried feature. (SY 91468474) Three Lords' Barrow (Tumulus) (NR) (1) Three Lords' Barrow (on meeting place of 4 boundaries, and doubtless at one time on meeting place of 3, hence the name) Large Bowl Barrow. (2) The barrow is spread, with no trace of a ditch. Diameter 22.0 metres; height 1.8 metres. Grass and gorse covered, with no sign of mutilation on top except for a boundary stone. A bowl barrow. (3) Three Lords' Barrow, stands at the junction of four parishes, formerly the junction of three manors. It is about 45 feet in diameter by 3 feet high, on a natural knoll with a stream to the south and west. A piece of stone window jamb on top presumably serves as a boundary mark. (4) Three Lords round barrow. Scheduled. Dorset 697 (5) SY 91468475. East Holme 6. Three Lords' Barrow listed as Authy 2, with reference to Authy 4. (6) SY 91458474. Three Lords' Barrow. This round barrow in its present form measures approximately 34.0m by 28.0m and it is up to 1.8m high. It was constructed of turf/soil but with a fairly high small stone content. The majority of the mound has ben spread by the plough and it is under crop; the western quadrant is however under dense vegetation cover and remains untouched although its fringes have been eroded by a stream. The differing dimensions of the mound noted by authorities 3 and 4 depend on the interpretation of natural and artificial elements of the earthwork. It is not possible however, under present conditions to detect the presence of a natural knoll. Other round barrows in the vicinity have similar proportions. The boundary stone has been removed. Published 1:2500 survey revised. (7) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOURCE TEXT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ( 1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date) OS 6" 1930 ( 2) General reference Grinsell LV Dorset Barrows ( 3) Field Investigators Comments F1 NVQ 23-JUL-52 ( 4) General reference RCHM Dorset 2 pt 3 1970 435 No 37 ( 5) General reference DOE(IAM) Ancient Monuments in England 2 1978 p59 ( 6) General reference Grinsell LV Dorset Barrows 1959 p106 ( 7) Field Investigators Comments F2 MJF 25-APR-86 ( 8) General reference English Heritage Schedule Entry 18/11/1996 Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by Chance 8th March 2012ce

Rempstone Stone Circle — Fieldnotes

Today's visit to this truly hidden (partial) stone circle was a complete surprise. A friend had asked me along on day trip to the Dorset coast via Corfe Castle then along to Studland for a walk to 'Old Harry'. How could I refuse? While plotting the route to Studland my friend had noticed a stone circle marked on the OS map about 2/3 miles from Corfe Castle on the road to Studland, so we thought we'd have a go at finding it - as a bonus to all the other delights of the trip. After initially missing the pull-in we turned round, stopping at a small parking area opposite Rempstone Hall; a gate into a wood and a bridlepath sign pointing to Nine Barrow Down is what to look out for. Going through the gate we turned right into a small wood which was a mixture of deciduous trees and plantation pines. The pine needles under our feet made our footfall silent - all rather lovely. The stone circle was hard to find - we passed one solitary dark red sandstone before we eventually found what is really the remains of a stone circle, now just a semi-circle. Approximately eight stones plus the solitary stone as you enter the wood; the circle stones were covered in moss and being dark reddish brown in colour were well camouflaged amid the pine trees. Later in the day, we went into the Heritage Centre in Swanage where I learnt that the Rempstone Stone Circle had been erected in the Bronze Age 4,000 years ago by the Beaker people and built with Studland sandstone. Comments (1)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by tjj 20th September 2011ce

Rempstone Stone Circle — Images (click to view fullsize)

Posted by tjj 19th September 2011ce