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Flower's Barrow

Dorset, England · Atlas EN3593

Flower's Barrow is a partial contour fort in East Lulworth, Dorset, England.

It is recorded as both extant and likely destroyed, with a partial bivallate rampart form, surface evidence of earthen bank and counterscarp bank, and an enclosed area of 2.64 hectares.

Survival on the ground may be uneven.

The topographic record places it on a cliff, plateau edge, or scarp, at 173 m, and facing south.

Recorded land use includes coastal grassland.

Dating evidence is recorded for 800–400 BC and 400 BC–AD 50 (Artefactual). Reliability is recorded as B - Medium.

A scheduled monument number is recorded (1008141).

Location

Atlas number
EN3593 (3593)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Dorset
Historic county
Dorset
Parish, community, or townland
East Lulworth
National Grid reference
SY864805
Latitude
50.62447
Longitude
-2.19413
Altitude
173 m

Form and condition

Type
partial contour fort
Condition
Extant and Likely destroyed
Morphology
partial bivallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
2
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 2, SE 0, SW 2, NW 2
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
2
Breaks through the ramparts
2
Enclosed area
2.64 ha
Footprint
6.76 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank and counterscarp bank
Also recorded
multi-period enclosure system and ditches
Entrance forms
In-turned (South east); Simple Gap (South east)

Landscape

Topographic position
cliff, plateau edge, or scarp
Aspect
south
Land use
coastal grassland

Dating

Dating
800–400 BC and 400 BC–AD 50
Dating evidence
Artefactual
Dating reliability
B - Medium

Interior and investigation

Interior surface
curvilinear platforms
Interior excavation
pits
Finds
pottery, human bones, animal bones, and lithics
Investigations
Other (1827); Excavation (1842); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1889); Excavation (1937); Excavation (1939); 1st Identified Written Reference (1665-1693); Other (1801-1832)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
1008141
HER
Dorset MDO7654
National record
record SY 88 SE 1; monument 455375
Wikidata
Q5462123

Sources

References

  1. Brown, I. 2009. Beacons in the landscape. The hillforts of England and Wales. Oxford: Windgather Press/ Oxbow Books.
  2. Calkin, J.B. 1948. The Isle of Purbeck in the Iron Age, Proc Dorset Natur Hist Archaeol Soc, 70, 29-59.
  3. Frend, W.H.C. 1949. Some Further Iron Age and Roman Sites in the Isle of Purbeck, Proc Dorset Natur Hist Archaeol Soc, 71, 51-53.
  4. Gale, J. 2003. Prehistoric Dorset, Stroud: Tempus Publishing.
  5. Pennie, F. 1827. The Tale of a Modern Genius, II, 85.
  6. RCHME 1970. An inventory of historical monuments in the County of Dorset, Vol 2, pt 3: south-east, No 40, 489-90,London: RCHME.