Monument record MDO2955 - Bowl barrow, one of the Culliford Tree Group, Whitcombe
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Summary
A Bronze Age bowl barrow, part of a wider linear barrow cemetery. In 1970 this monument was reported as being around 100 feet in diameter with a mound about 12½ feet high, and an encircling ditch about 17 feet wide. It was described by the Ordnance Survey in 1979 as a mound 24 metres in diameter and 4.7 metres high, with no visible trace surviving of a surrounding ditch.
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Full Description
A Bronze Age bowl barrow, part of the Culliford Tree barow group, a linear group arranged along part of the Dorset Ridgeway. Listed by RCHME as Whitcombe 14 and by Grinsell as Whitcombe 4, it was described by the Ordnance Survey in 1979 as a mound 24 metres in diameter and 4.7 metres high, with no visible trace surviving of a surrounding ditch. Some years earlier, RCHME fieldwork had recorded a surrounding ditch circa 17 feet wide, apparently cutting the edge of the adjacent cropmark enclosure. <1-3>
Site of a Bronze Age bowl barrow, part of a wider linear barrow cemetery. <7-8>
Sources/Archives (9)
- <1> SDO132 Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 143.
- <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. 459.
- <3> SDO11900 Unpublished document: Barton, J G. Various. Field Investigators Comments JGB. F1 JGB 16-NOV-1979.
- <4> SDO12304 Index: Papworth, M. 1983. The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey. SDR 594.
- <5> SDO16432 Unpublished document: McOmish, D and Tuck, C. 2001. Broadmayne Bank Barrow, Dorset.
- <6> SDO12407 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010.
- <7> SDO10766 Aerial Photograph: 22-APR-1954. NMR SY 7085/6-10.
- <8> SDO10765 Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1824 3284-6.
- <9> SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 1338115.
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (4)
- Event - Survey: Broadmayne Bank Barrow and Culliford Tree Barrow Group; field survey 2000 (EDO6616)
- Event - Survey: South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010 (Ref: 72660) (EDO5641)
- Event - Survey: South Dorset Ridgeway Project, Kingston Russell and Long Bredy; fieldwalking survey 1983 (EDO7109)
- Event - Survey: South Dorset Ridgeway Project; field survey 1983 (EDO5539)
Location
| Grid reference | Centred SY 7008 8538 (43m by 43m) (5 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SY78NW |
| Civil Parish | Whitcombe; Dorset |
| Unitary Authority | Dorset |
Protected Status/Designation
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 126 014
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 78 NW 6
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 78 NW 81
- Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 1338115
- Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Culliford Tree Group
- Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Whitcombe 14
Record last edited
Jun 28 2023 2:30PM
