Monument record MDO3146 - Bowl barrow, one of the Bronkham Hill group, Winterborne St Martin

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Summary

Site of a Bronze Age bowl barrow, part of a larger barrow cemetery extending along the Dorset Ridgeway. Field investigations record it as an extant mound, cut on west by a hedge bank. Also visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs.

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Bowl barrow around 28 feet in diameter with a mound about 3 feet high. Cut on west by a hedge bank which crosses dyke (MDO3248) {1-2}. Gorse-covered bowl barrow, diameter 10.0m., height 1.3m. No visible ditch {3}. Also visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs {4-5}, measuring approximately 7.4 metres in diameter. This site was digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.

Sources/Archives (7)

  • <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. 467.
  • <3> Unpublished document: Barton, J G. Various. Field Investigators Comments JGB.
  • <4> Aerial Photograph: 1-9-2004. NMR SY6286/10 (23722/03).
  • <5> Aerial Photograph: unknown date. NMR SY6286/2 (CCC 1755/5900).
  • <6> Index: Papworth, M. 1983. The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey. SDR 284.
  • <7> Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 6275 8682 (10m by 10m) (3 map features)
Map sheet SY68NW
Civil Parish Winterborne St Martin; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 131 046
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 68 NW 18 452310
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Bronkham Hill Group
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Winterborne St Martin 46

Record last edited

Apr 16 2016 10:03AM

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