Monument record MDO315 - Disc barrow on Bincombe Hill, Bincombe

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Summary

Disc barrow 40 metres in diameter is visible on aerial photographs as a cropmark ring ditch with internal ditch and central pit. This monument was first seen on an aerial photograph taken by John Boyden in 1976. The site was digitally plotted for the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project. The pit seems likely to represent a burial of some sort.

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Circa SY 69408505. An almost ploughed-out round barrow, characteristic of a disc barrow, was found on Bincombe Hill by C.J. Bailey during the drought of 1976. Colour transparencies of the site are held by Bailey. <1> Disc barrow 40m in diameter is visible on aerial photographs <5> as a cropmark ring ditch with internal ditch and central pit. The site was digitally plotted for the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.

Sources/Archives (6)

  • <1> Index: Grinsell, L V. Index card. 18.11.80.
  • <2> Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1982. Dorset Barrows Supplement. 62.
  • <3> Index: Papworth, M. 1983. The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey. SDR 517.
  • <4> Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010.
  • <5> Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 28-JUN-2000. NMR SY6885/4.
  • <6> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 452227.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 6935 8501 (89m by 69m) (7 map features)
Map sheet SY68NE
Civil Parish Bincombe; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 010 080
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 68 NE 122
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 452227

Record last edited

Jul 4 2024 3:02PM

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