Monument record MDO3161 - Bowl barrow in the Ridge Hill group, Winterborne St Martin
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Summary
Site of a Bronze Age bowl barrow. Field investigations record it as almost plough- levelled. Also visible as a cropmarked ring ditch on aerial photographs
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Type and Period (1)
Full Description
Three bowl barrows. 'B' Under the plough and almost levelled. 10 paces in diameter, 3 ins high. <2>
Three bowl barrows, one now ploughed out. 'B' Very faint unsurveyable traces of this barrow which has been ploughed out; under the plough at present. 'Site of'. <3>
Three barrows: 'B' Bowl (SY 65058672) diameter about 30 ft. Ploughed flat. <4> <6>
'B' No visible remains. <7>
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 cropmarked ring ditch on aerial photographs <11> measuring approximately 12 metres in diameter. This site was digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.
Sources/Archives (12)
- <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 SWX1556 Unpublished document: Grinsell, L V. 1935-54.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 SDO11903 Unpublished document: Quinnell, N V. Various.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> SDO11900 Unpublished document: Barton, J G. Various. Field Investigators Comments JGB. F2 JGB 06-MAY-80.
- <8> SDO17396 Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey 1:10,000 scale map. 1:10000. 1980.
- <9> SDO12304 Index: Papworth, M. 1983. The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey. SDR 381.
- <10> SDO12407 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010.
- <11> SDO11938 Aerial Photograph: 11-6-1978. NMR OS/78080 097-8.
- <12> SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 451905.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred SY 6504 8671 (16m by 17m) (4 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SY68NE |
| Civil Parish | Winterborne St Martin; Dorset |
| Unitary Authority | Dorset |
Protected Status/Designation
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 131 061
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 68 NE 20 B
- Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 451905
- Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Ridgehill Group
- Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Winterborne St Martin 61
Record last edited
Oct 27 2023 9:59AM
