Monument record MDO263 - Bowl barrow, one of the Ridgeway Hill Group, Bincombe

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Visible as a earthwork on aerial photographs. The site was digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.

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Round barrows on Ridgeway Hill : F Bowl (?) (67738585) 150 yds.E of 'E'. Diam. 80 ft., ht. 5 ft. <2> 'F' SY 67738583 Diameter originally 26.0m, height 0.8m. Mutilated on south side. No visible ditch. All the barrows are in arable. Re-surveyed at 1:2500 on MSD. <4> Visible as a earthwork on aerial photographs <7>. The site was digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.

Sources/Archives (8)

  • <1> Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 91.
  • <2> Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Map 6in. 6 inch to 1 mile. 1963.
  • <3> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3. 457.
  • <4> Unpublished document: Barton, J G. Various. Field Investigators Comments JGB. F1 JGB 01-FEB-80.
  • <5> Index: Papworth, M. 1983. The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey. SDR 463.
  • <6> Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010.
  • <7> Aerial Photograph: 07-AUG-1995. NMR SY6686/7.
  • <8> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 452017.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 6772 8583 (36m by 29m) (3 map features)
Map sheet SY68NE
Civil Parish Bincombe; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 010 030
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 68 NE 52 F
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 452017
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Bincombe 30
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Ridgeway Hill Group

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Dec 22 2023 6:34PM

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