Monument record MDO256 - Bincombe Barrow, bowl barrow in the Ridgeway Hill Group, Bincombe

Bronze Age bowl barrow. In 1972 this monument was reported as being around 27 feet in diameter with a mound about 4 feet high. In 1922 this barrow was excavated by Prideaux who found that the mound of the barrow covered a retaining circle of stones, enclosing eight inhumations. Two inhumations, thought to be adult males, were buried in the centre and had a Beaker bowl deposited with them. Other crouched burials of Bronze Age date were found, some in stone cists, and others inserted into the top of the mound; one of these with pottery of Iron Age date. Visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs. The site was digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.

Grinsell recorded this barrow as 9 paces in diameter and 4 feet in height. <3> Bowl Barrow with internal circle of stones (67208590), immediately N. of modern boundary with Weymouth. Diam. 27 ft., ht. 4 ft. Excavated by Prideaux in 1922. The mound covered a circular drystone wall, 25 ft. in diam. And 2 ft.-3 ft. high, enclosing eight inhumations. Two, probably adult males, lay in primary position below buried surface with unusual Beaker bowl; three, a man, a baby and a boy, lay immediately above buried surface, the first two in slab cists and the third with a handled 'A' beaker. Two or three interments were inserted into top of mound, one with Iron Age 'A' jar and broken antler, another with a piece of antler. A second Iron Age 'A' pot was also found. All but two burials were contracted. <3-4> Bowl barrow of overall diameter 28.0m and 0.5m high surmounted by a tump 8.0m in diameter and height 0.8m. A part circle of stones remains on the east and south side of the central tump; five are visible and a few others are embedded and overgrown. No visible ditch. In arable. Re-surveyed at 1:2500 on MSD. <6> An RCHME level 3 air photographic interpretation project (Event UID 932322) was carried out on this monument in October 1993. No new information was recorded. The archive produced by this project (Collection UID 932274) is held by the RCHME.(6) Visible as an earthwork bank with enclosing ditch on aerial photographs <4>. The site was digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project. Ditched Bowl barrow, 70ft. In diam. <4>

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