Monument record MDO253 - Bowl barrow, one of the Ridge Hill Group, Bincombe

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Summary

Bronze Age bowl barrow, part of an extensive linear cemetery running along the ridgeway. In 1972 this monument was recorded as 45 feet in diameter with a mound about 1½ feet high. Visible as a cropmark ring ditch on aerial photographs. The site was digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.

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Bowl barrow 45 feet in diameter by 1 1/2 feet high. (4) SY 66778640 Bowl barrow in arable, ploughed down. Diameter 23.0m, height 0.3m. No visible ditch. Re-surveyed at 1:2500 on MSD. (3) Grinsell recorded this barrow as 18 paces in diameter and 2 feet in height. (2) Visible as a cropmark ring ditch on aerial photographs (7). The site was digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.

Sources/Archives (9)

  • <1> Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1916. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club for 1916. 37. 40-47.
  • <2> Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 92.
  • <3> Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Map 6in. 6 inch to 1 mile. 1963.
  • <4> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3. 468.
  • <5> Unpublished document: Barton, J G. Various. Field Investigators Comments JGB. F1 JGB 21-MAY-80.
  • <6> Index: Papworth, M. 1983. The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey. SDR 407.
  • <7> Aerial Photograph: 07-AUG-1995. NMR SY6686/7.
  • <8> Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010.
  • <9> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 452181.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 6677 8640 (25m by 25m) (4 map features)
Map sheet SY68NE
Civil Parish Bincombe; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 010 020
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 68 NE 106
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 452181
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Ridge Hill Group

Record last edited

Jul 3 2023 12:39PM

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