Monument record MDO3253 - Bowl barrow north of Ridge Hill, Winterborne St Martin

Bowl barrow shown on a plan by E Cunnington in the late nineteenth century, subsequently rediscovered as a crop mark. Visible on RAF aerial photographs from 1947 {1}. The site was digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.

Three round barrows are shown in the field centred SY 653870 on a map made by E Cunnington in the late 19th century (see illustration). <1> Air photographs show three soil marks in the field at approximately the same positions. <2> No remains of these barrows are visible on the ground. The field is under crop. <3> Bowl barrow shown on a plan by E Cunnington in the late nineteenth century, subsequently rediscovered as a crop mark. Visible on RAF aerial photographs from 1947 <4>. The site was digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.

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Oct 27 2023 11:13AM