Monument record MDO3178 - Bowl barrow on Shorn Hill, Winterborne St Martin

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Summary

A possible Bronze Age bowl barrow on Shorn Hill. Recorded by field investigators as a plough-reduced mound. Also visible as a very low earthwork on aerial photographs.

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Round barrow, ploughed almost flat. On arable, 1 1/2 ft high. <1> <3> SY 63438730. Bowl barrow in arable and much ploughed-down, diameter approximately 20.0m., height 0.4m. No visible ditch. Re-surveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. <4> Also visible as a very low earthwork on aerial photographs <6-7>, measuring approximately 15.3 metres in diameter. This site was digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.

Sources/Archives (10)

  • <1> Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows.
  • <2> Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Map 6in. 6 inch to 1 mile. 1963.
  • <3> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3. 469.
  • <4> Unpublished document: Barton, J G. Various. Field Investigators Comments JGB. F1 JGB 15-FEB-80.
  • <5> Index: Papworth, M. 1983. The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey. SDR 302.
  • <6> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 22-1-1948. RAF/CPE/UK/2431 3295-6.
  • <7> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 17-1-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1934 1063-5.
  • <8> Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010.
  • <9> Unpublished document: Royal Commission on Historic Monuments. Externally held archive: RCH01/093 RCHME Inventory: Dorset II (South-East).
  • <10> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 452442.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 6343 8729 (21m by 21m) (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: 1 131 078
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: ST 68 NW 54
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 452442
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Winterborne St Martin 78

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Oct 26 2023 9:50AM

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