Monument record MDO3110 - Bowl barrow, Winterborne Monkton
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Summary
A bowl barrow, and other possible funerary monuments, seen as cropmarks. Visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs are two ring ditches and an oval ditched enclosure with a central pit. They were digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.
Map
Type and Period (3)
Full Description
SY67978838. Bowl barrow Ring-ditch, 20 paces in diameter visible as parch mark in pasture summer of 1976. (Not visible on RAF air photographs CPE UK1934/3087-8 of 17 1 47).
A rapid examination of air photography shows the barrow as a ring ditch. Also visible is a U-shaped feature and a feature composed of two parallel ditches with a central pit. The features may be related (although not quite in line, they do seem to form a close, distinct group) and could possibly be associated with the Roman road (RR 48). They may be a funerary monument of some form. All the features, of Prehistoric or Roman date, are visible as cropmarks at:
A - SY 6799 8839 - ring ditch
B - SU 6793 8839 - linear features and pit
C - SU 6787 8837 - U-shaped curvilinear feature. <2>
Bowl barrow, and other possible funerary monuments, seen as cropmarks. Visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs <3> are two ring ditches and an oval ditched enclosure with a central pit. They were digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.
Sources/Archives (8)
- <1> SWX1703 Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1982. Dorset Barrows Supplement. 56.
- <1.1> SDO20338 Aerial Photograph: Boyden, J R. Flight 102 2/7-8.
- <2> SWX1708 Unpublished document: Miller, Andrew. 1993. RCHME: AP Primary Recording Project. 12-FEB-1993.
- <2.1> SDO20336 Aerial Photograph: NMR 4527: 51-3.
- <2.2> SDO20337 Aerial Photograph: NMR 4333: 48-50.
- <3> SDO11818 Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 11-JUN-1989. NMR SY6788/43.
- <4> SDO12304 Index: Papworth, M. 1983. The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey. SDR 442.
- <5> SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 452241.
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (1)
Location
| Grid reference | Centred SY 6792 8841 (166m by 77m) (11 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SY68NE |
| Civil Parish | Winterborne Monkton; Dorset |
| Unitary Authority | Dorset |
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 130 018
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 68 NE 128
- Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 452241
Record last edited
Jun 18 2024 10:04AM
