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Name:Bowl Barrow, Canford Heath, Poole
Type of Record:Monument
HER Number:MDO6867
Last edited:Dec 7 2021 6:29PM


Monument Type(s):


Summary

A bowl barrow on Canford Heath has been disturbed by gravel quarrying and military activity. In 1986 the barrow was recorded as being around 27 metres in circumference with a mound about 0.5 metres high. Three flint flakes have been recovered from the mound.

Protected Status

  • SHINE: Bronze Age bowl barrow on Canford Heath.

Sources and Further Reading

<1>SDO85 - Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1986. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1985. 107. 158.
<2>SDO14739 - Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 888384.

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