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Two bowl barrows in dense undergrowth on private land to north east of the village of Tolpuddle. They don’t appear on MAGIC and don’t appear to be scheduled, they are listed as monument no. 456168 on Pastscape and Grinsell visited them and listed them in Dorset Barrows.
I’ve not seen them as they aren’t visible from either the A35 or the lesser road that goes to the village. Grinsell had them as being 37 feet in diameter and 4 feet in height and 54 by 5 1/2 respectively. The smaller one has damage from a military slit slit trench, presumably 2nd WW as this is a very strategic position above what used to be a main road (now bypassed).
Very close to these barrows an Iron age and Romano-British settlement was excavated during the building of the Puddletown/Tolpuddle bypass.
The barrows are hidden in the trees, the photo is taken from the south west.
Image credit: Mike Rowland 21/04/11
The barrow from the top of one of the barrows at South Down.
Image credit: Mike Rowland 21/04/11
The barrow from the road which runs past it to the north, it appears to be quite badly damaged, the track it seems used to go straight over it.
Image credit: Mike Rowland 17/05/07
Two barrows (left of centre) at the northern, bottom half of the golf course
Image credit: Mike Rowland 17/05/07
One of the western barrows from the now closed road which runs along the ridgeway.
Image credit: Mike Rowland 17/04/11
Brownsea from the south, on the road to Studland, in the foreground is a bowl barrow on Godlingston heath.
Image credit: Mike Rowland 10/04/11
I’m pretty sure this is Thorn Barrow, it’s in the right place according to OS and MAGIC.
Image credit: Mike Rowland 10/04/11
Two low bowl barrows to the east of the bell barrows on the golf course on which is the Fishing Barrow.
Image credit: Mike Rowland 10/04/11
A small, low bowl barrow on Warren Heath, which is on the edge of the Higher Hyde nature reserve. Not the best photo but I had my brother with me and he wanted to see nature stuff – lizards and such so I didn’t get a chance to walk to it.
The barrows are in the centre of the photo from a viewpoint to the south – in the background is Green Island which is an iron age site.
Image credit: Mike Rowland 10/04/11
The western most on the western half of the site.
Image credit: Mike Rowland 10/04/11
This barrow is on the highest part of the hill at its southern edge, it is viewed here from the road below.
Image credit: Mike Rowland 06/04/11
The western end of the site showing the banks and ditches.
Image credit: Mike Rowland 06/04/11
The barrow from the south west valley road.
Image credit: Mike Rowland 06/04/11
The eastern edge of the barrow from the south in Higher Hyde nature reserve.
Image credit: Mike Rowland 06/04/11
Two of the barrows, looking north from Jordan Hill.
Image credit: Mike Rowland 02/04/11
The barrow from the road to the north west.
Image credit: Mike Rowland 02/04/11
The barrow cemetery from Ackling Dyke looking north.
Image credit: Mike Rowland 17/05/07
The bank of the dyke from the main road from Dorchester to Weymouth, looking west.
Image credit: Mike Rowland 07/03/11
One of the barrows from the east. From the top of this barrow can be seen the one north of Boswell’s Plantation.
Image credit: Mike Rowland 07/03/11
The barrow is in the centre with a telegraph pole behind it.
Image credit: Mike Rowland 07/03/11
This is a single round barrow south of the group in Puddletown Forest which in cludes the Rain barrows. It is situated on farmland, north of Boswell’s Plantation, just off the heathland which used to stretch all the way to the New Forest. Just off a farm track, it is on private land and can be seen from the road and from the large round barrow south of the Rainbarrows. It appears to be in fair condition and of medium size.
The hedgerow goes over the middle of the barrow.
A bowl barrow with a ditch.
Image credit: Mike Rowland 29/05/07
One of the bowl arrows with Chalbury hillfort in the background.
Image credit: Mike Rowland 29/05/07
A barrow in the middle of a wheat field.
Image credit: Mike Rowland 29/05/07
This trree covered outlier is about 20 yards east of the main group.
Image credit: Mike Rowland 25/04/07
Three of the barrows in the group.
Image credit: Mike Rowland 25/04/07
The lowest and most northern barrow.
Image credit: Mike Rowland 25/04/07
The middle of three barrows in a row.
Image credit: Mike Rowland 25/04/07
A low barrow in the foreground, with a large northern barrow in the background.
Image credit: Mike Rowland 25/04/07
One of the southern barrows, close to the wood.
Image credit: Mike Rowland 25/04/07
The largest barrow on the site, the flat top shows signs of excavation, it is the southern of three.
Image credit: Mike Rowland 25/04/07
The first of a group of three bowl barrows.
Image credit: Mike Rowland 25/04/07
This barn is between the south east entrance and the west bank.
Image credit: Mike Rowland 28/03/07
The brick arch inset into the west rampart.
Image credit: Mike Rowland 28/03/07
