Monument record MDO3085 - Bowl barrow, Winterborne Herringston

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Summary

Possible bowl barrow. Visible on aerial photographs as a 18m diameter cropmark ring ditch with a central mound. Digitally plotted for the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping project.

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Two round barrows: 'A'. Bowl (?) (SY 68118650). Diam. 61 ft., ht 1 ft. Ploughed. <1> <3> 'A' SY 68108649. Bowl barrow, diameter 19.0m., height up to 0.9m. … No ditch visible around either barrow. Under pasture. Re-surveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. <4> Visible on aerial photographs <7> as a 18m diameter cropmark ring ditch with a central mound. Digitally plotted for the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping project.

Sources/Archives (9)

  • <1> Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 149.
  • <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.
  • <4> Unpublished document: Barton, J G. Various. Field Investigators Comments JGB. F1 JGB 11-JAN-80.
  • <5> Index: Papworth, M. 1983. The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey. SDR 469.
  • <6> Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010.
  • <7> Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 08-JUL-1976. NMR SY6886/1/24 (JRB 3302).
  • <8> Unpublished document: Royal Commission on Historic Monuments. Externally held archive: RCH01/093 RCHME Inventory: Dorset II (South-East).
  • <9> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 452090.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 6810 8649 (23m by 24m) (5 map features)
Map sheet SY68NE
Civil Parish Winterborne Herringston; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 129 003
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 68 NE 73
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 452090
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Winterborne Herringston 3

Record last edited

Jun 30 2023 3:32PM

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