Monument record MDO254 - Bowl barrow, one of the Ridge Hill Group, Bincombe

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Summary

Bowl barrow, 60ft. in diam and 2.5ft. high. Visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs. The site was digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.

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Grinsell recorded this barrow as 20 paces in diameter and 2 feet in height. In 1934 this was on arable. <2> SY 66928645 Bowl barrow in arable, ploughed down. Diameter approximately 28.0m, height 0.4m. No visible ditch. Re-surveyed at 1:2500 on MSD. <5> Visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs <7>. The site was digitally plotted during the SouthDorset 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. 93.
  • <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 Unpublished document: Barton, J G. Various.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 408.
  • <7> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 17-JAN-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1934 3089-90.
  • <8> Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010.
  • <9> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 452184.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 6691 8644 (27m by 28m) (3 map features)
Map sheet SY68NE
Civil Parish Bincombe; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 010 021
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 68 NE 107
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 452184
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Bincombe 21
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Ridge Hill Group

Record last edited

Aug 16 2023 3:27PM

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