Monument record MDO277 - Triple bowl barrow, Bincombe
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Summary
Three closely-spaced Bronze Age bowl barrows are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs. One or more of these may have been opened by antiquarian Charles Warne.
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Full Description
This barrow was 21 paces in diameter and 8 3/4 feet in height. These three barrows were described as a triple barrow, they are so closely spaced that none is precisely circular in plan. <1>
Group of round barrows on Bincombe Hill:
(A) Triple bowl (69028458) aligned north west-south east immediately above 500 ft. contour. From west to east diameters and heights of mounds are: 65 ft. and 8 1/2ft. 68 ft. and 9 ft.; 67 ft. and. 7 ft. There is no sign of a ditch around or between the mounds.
Warne's No 43 was probably the largest mound of the triple barrow 'A' and hit No 6 was almost certainly one of the others
near it. <1-2>
'A' SY 69028458. Triple bowl barrows; diameters from NW to SE: 20.0m, 23.5m, 23.0m, heights: 2.5m, 1.9m, 2.0m. No visible ditches. The central barrow has been mutilated by excavation in the centre. Barrows A, B, C and D are in pasture and have been ploughed. Re-surveyed at 1:2500 on MSD. <4>
This group of barrows is probably part of those excavated by the Rev J J Smith in 1842. <6>
The sites of three Bronze Age bowl barrows are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs <8-9>. Robber pits are visible in the western-most two. The features, which form part of a larger linear barrow cemetery, were digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.
Sources/Archives (10)
- <1> SDO132 Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 91.
- <2> SDO150 Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3. 439.
- <3> SDO17396 Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey 1:10,000 scale map. 1:10000. 1978.
- <4> SDO11900 Unpublished document: Barton, J G. Various. Field Investigators Comments JGB. F1 JGB 04-JUL-80.
- <5> SDO12304 Index: Papworth, M. 1983. The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey. SDR 509.
- <6> SWX2638 Unpublished document: Fitzgerald, R J. RCHME Fieldworker's Comments RJF. R1 RJF 08-OCT-1991.
- <7> SDO12407 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010.
- <8> SDO11964 Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1824 3242.
- <9> SDO11965 Aerial Photograph: 06-DEC-2006. NMR SY6984/14-17 (24498/35-41).
- <10> SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 452697.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred SY 6902 8458 (50m by 37m) (7 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SY68SE |
| Civil Parish | Bincombe; Dorset |
| Unitary Authority | Dorset |
Protected Status/Designation
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 010 044
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 68 SE 34 A
- Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 452697
- Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Bincombe 44
- Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Bincombe Hill Group
Record last edited
Nov 22 2023 10:53AM