Monument record MDO3023 - Bell Barrow, one of the Culliford Tree Group, Winterborne Came

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Barrow damaged by antiquarian digging and modern badgers. Flint flakes picked up from surface of barrow in 1983.

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Round Barrows in Came Wood: 'A'.Bell (69688545) Diam. 89 ft., ht. 10 ft., with traces of ditch. <1, 3> 'A' SY 69678545 Bell barrow of overall diameter 34.0m and height 4.2m, extensively mutilated. Berm. 2.0m wide on average, and ditch 5.0m wide and 0.3m deep. All the barrows are thickly overgrown by trees and undergrowth. Resurveyed at 1:2500 on MSD. <4>

Sources/Archives (11)

  • <1> Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 149, 166.
  • <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. 458.
  • <4> Unpublished document: Barton, J G. Various. Field Investigators Comments JGB. F1 JGB 14-DEC-79.
  • <5> Index: Papworth, M. 1983. The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey. SDR 578.
  • <6> Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1985. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1984. 106. 111.
  • <7> Unpublished document: Royal Commission on Historic Monuments. Externally held archive: RCH01/093 RCHME Inventory: Dorset II (South-East).
  • <8> Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010.
  • <9> Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. 2K/07848.
  • <10> Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. BF110930.
  • <11> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 452119.

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Location

Grid reference SY 6968 8545 (point)
Map sheet SY68NE
Civil Parish Winterborne Came; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 128 021
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 68 NE 82
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 452119
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Culliford Tree Group
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Winterborne Came 21

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Jun 16 2023 2:29PM

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