Monument record MDO280 - Row Barrow, one of the Bincombe Hill Group, Bincombe
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Summary
A Bronze Age bowl barrow. In 1972 this monument was reported as a mound around 100 feet in diameter and 12½ feet high with surrounding ditch 10 feet wide and 1 foot deep. It is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs.
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Full Description
Grinsell recorded this barrow as 40 paces in diameter and 10 feet in height, and described the ditch as very fine. <1>
Group of round barrows on Bincombe Hill: (C) Bell (68948464) 68 yds. north west of (B) Diam. 92 ft. ht. 11 ft. Ditch 15 ft. wide and 2 ft. deep destroyed by ?ancient ploughing on south east. The sloping berm, 9 ft. wide on south and west, has been partly destroyed. Excavation hollow in centre.
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. <2>
'C' SY 68938463. Bell barrow: overall diameter 42.0m, diameter of mound 27.0m and height 3.7m. The berm is apparent only on the NW side, and the ditch, 0.6m deep, also only on that side. Excavation hollow and trench running to NE.
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 site of a Bronze Age bowl barrow is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs <8-9>. A large robber pit is visible cutting in from the south-east side. The site, which forms part of a larger linear barrow cemetery, was 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 SDO11900 Unpublished document: Barton, J G. Various.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 512.
- <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 SWX2638 Unpublished document: Fitzgerald, R J. RCHME Fieldworker's Comments RJF.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 SDO12407 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011.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 6895 8462 (151m by 108m) (5 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: 1 010 047
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 68 SE 34 C
- Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 452697
- Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 452697
- Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Bincombe 47
- Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Bincombe Hill Group
Record last edited
Nov 22 2023 10:57AM