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Name:Bowl barrow,Canford Heath, Poole
Type of Record:Monument
HER Number:MDO6754
Last edited:Sep 4 2023 3:57PM


Monument Type(s):


Summary

A bowl barrow on Canford Heath with a mound up to 11 metres in diameter and 1.3 metres high. The mound is surrounded by the remains of a quarry ditch, now visible as a slight hollow.

Protected Status

  • Scheduled Monument DO 111: Group of round barrows on Canford Heath

Sources and Further Reading

<1>SDO17433 - Article in serial: Wallace, W G. 1919-23. Bournemouth Natural Science Society 6" map and private notes.
<2>SWX1540 - Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Map 6in. 6 inch to 1 mile. 1938.
<3>SDO11903 - Unpublished document: Quinnell, N V. Various. Field Investigators Comments NVQ. F1 NVQ 15-NOV-55.
<4>SDO132 - Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows.
<5>SDO150 - Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3. 448.
<6>SDO17396 - Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey 1:10,000 scale map. 1:10000. 1974.
<7>SWX1687 - Monograph: Department of the Environment. 1978. Department of the Environment (IAM) Ancient Monuments of England (Vol 2). Vol 2. 67.
<8>SWX2704 - Unpublished document: Wardale, C F. Various. Field Investigators Comments CFW. F2 CFW 20-NOV-87.
<9>SDO17434 - Unpublished document: Royal Commission on Historic Monuments. Externally held archive: RCH01/093 RCHME Inventory: Dorset II (South-East).
<10>SDO14739 - Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 458024.

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