Monument record MDO3160 - Bowl barrow in the Ridge Hill group, Winterborne St Martin
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Summary
Site of a Bronze Age barrow. Field investigations have recorded it as a bowl barrow, but cropmarks on aerial photographs suggest it could be a pond barrow.
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Type and Period (2)
Full Description
Three bowl barrows. 'A' 36 paces in diameter, 6.5 ft high. <2>
Three bowl barrows, one now ploughed out. 'A' Diameter 32.0m, height 2.0m with no visible ditch. This barrow is now under the plough. <3>
Three barrows: 'A' Bowl (SY 64898676) on highest point along this stretch of Ridgeway. Diameter 87 ft, height 6 ft. Ploughed. <4> <6>
Round barrow N of Ridgeway. Scheduled. (Three barrows shown on Maplet). <7>
'A' SY 64888676. Bowl barrow, diameter 34.0m, height 2.2m. No visible ditch. Ploughed. 'A' and 'C' re-surveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. <8>
Site of a Bronze Age bowl barrow, one of a group of three bowl barrows (MDO360-62) and part of a larger barrow cemetery extending along the Dorset Ridgeway. Also visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs <12>. The cropmark suggests it could be a pond barrow, with an internal depression measuring approximately 14.5 metres in diameter, surrounded by a wide bank or berm, approximately 5 metres wide, and an outer ditch, 4 metres in width. This site was digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.
Sources/Archives (13)
- <1> SWX1540 Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Map 6in. 6 inch to 1 mile. 1927-38.
- <2> SWX1556 Unpublished document: Grinsell, L V. 1935-54. Dorset Barrows 1935-54 Manuscript.
- <3> SDO11903 Unpublished document: Quinnell, N V. Various. Field Investigators Comments NVQ. F1 NVQ 10-JAN-55.
- <4> SDO132 Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 155.
- <5> SWX1540 Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Map 6in. 6 inch to 1 mile. 1963.
- <6> SDO150 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.
- <7> SWX1687 Monograph: Department of the Environment. 1978. Department of the Environment (IAM) Ancient Monuments of England (Vol 2). Vol 2. 74.
- <8> SDO11900 Unpublished document: Barton, J G. Various. Field Investigators Comments JGB. F2 JGB 06-MAY-80.
- <9> SDO17396 Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey 1:10,000 scale map. 1:10000. 1982.
- <10> SDO12304 Index: Papworth, M. 1983. The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey. SDR 380.
- <11> SDO12407 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010.
- <12> SDO11938 Aerial Photograph: 11-6-1978. NMR OS/78080 097-8.
- <13> SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 451905.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred SY 6488 8675 (43m by 42m) (7 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SY68NW |
| Civil Parish | Winterborne St Martin; Dorset |
| Unitary Authority | Dorset |
Protected Status/Designation
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 131 060
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 68 NE 20 A
- Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 451905
- Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Ridge Hill Group
- Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Winterborne St Martin 60
Record last edited
Oct 27 2023 10:07AM