Monument record MDO3179 - Bowl barrow in the Great Hill group, Winterborne St Martin

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Summary

Site of a Bronze Age bowl barrow, one of a group of two barrows on Great Hill. Also visible as a circular earthwork mound on aerial photographs.

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Full Description

'A'. Bowl barrow on Great Hill, the next spur to east of Shorn Hill. Diam 74ft, ht 9ft. Disturbed, with Ancient Field Group (SY 68 NW 37). <3> 'A' SY 63908703. Bowl barrow, diameter 24.0m., height 2.4m., in good condition. No visible ditch. Neither barrow has been ploughed over. Re-surveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. <4> Site of a Bronze Age bowl barrow, one of a group of two barrows (MDO3179-80) and part of a larger barrow cemetery extending along the Dorset Ridgeway. Also visible as a circular earthwork mound on aerial photographs <6-9>, measuring approximately 22.2 metres in diameter. This site was digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.

Sources/Archives (12)

  • <1> Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 153.
  • <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 Unpublished document: Barton, J G. Various.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 340.
  • <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> Aerial Photograph: 6-12-2006. NMR SY6386/26 (24499/01).
  • <9> Aerial Photograph: 14-4-1957. CUCAP (UM70).
  • <10> Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010.
  • <11> Unpublished document: Royal Commission on Historic Monuments. Externally held archive: RCH01/093 RCHME Inventory: Dorset II (South-East).
  • <12> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 452439.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 6390 8704 (32m by 31m) (3 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: 1 131 079
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 68 NW 53
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 452439
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Winterborne St Martin 79

Record last edited

Oct 26 2023 10:31AM

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