Monument record MDO3135 - Bowl barrow in the Bronkham Hill group, Winterborne St Martin

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Summary

A Bronze Age bowl barrow, part of larger linear barrow cemetery extending along the South Dorset Ridgeway. Recorded by field investigators as an extant mound. Also visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs.

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A bowl barrow, diameter 18 ft, height 1 1/2 ft {1-2}. Later field investigations record it as being 6.5m in diameter, with a height of 0.3m. No visible ditch {3}. Also visible as a circular cropmark on aerial photographs {4}, measuring approximately 11.2 metres in diameter. This site was digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.

Sources/Archives (7)

  • --- Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 452318.
  • <1> Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows.
  • <2> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3. 466.
  • <3> Unpublished document: Stone, J W. Field Investigators Comments JWS. F2 JWS.
  • <4> Aerial Photograph: 1-9-2004. NMR SY6286/10 (23722/03).
  • <5> Index: Papworth, M. 1983. The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey. SDR 272.
  • <6> Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 6246 8709 (99m by 56m) (4 map features)
Map sheet SY68NW
Civil Parish Winterborne St Martin; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 131 035
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 68 NW 20 M
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 452318
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Bronkham Hill Group
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Winterborne St. Martin 35 452318

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Mar 18 2024 1:42PM

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