Monument record MDO2948 - Bowl barrow, one of the Culliford Tree Group, Whitcombe
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Summary
Bowl barrow on parish boundary, 45ft. in diam and 5ft. high.
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Full Description
A Bronze Age bowl barow, part of the Culliford Tree barrow group, a linear group ranged along part of the Dorset Ridgeway. Listed by RCHME as Whitcombe 7 and by Grinsell as Whitcombe 13, it lies on the Whitcombe-Winterborne Came parish boundary. In 1979, the Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division recorded the barrow as a mound 16 metres in diameter and 1.1 metres high, "bisected by a wall, overgrown and very mutilated". <1-3>
Sources/Archives (5)
- <1> SDO132 Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 143.
- <2> SDO149 Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 2.
- <3> SDO11900 Unpublished document: Barton, J G. Various. Field Investigators Comments JGB. F1 JGB 16-NOV-1979.
- <4> SDO12407 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010.
- <5> SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 1338144.
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Location
| Grid reference | SY 6986 8553 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SY68NE |
| Civil Parish | Whitcombe; Dorset |
| Unitary Authority | Dorset |
Protected Status/Designation
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 126 007
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 68 NE 179
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 78 NW 6
- Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 1338144
- Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Culliford Tree Group
- Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Whitcombe 7
Record last edited
Jun 16 2023 3:32PM
