Monument record MDO3364 - Bowl Barrow, one of Black Down Group, Winterbourne Steepleton

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Summary

A Bronze Age bowl barrow situated on the western part of Black Down. It forms part of a wider cemetery. The barrow has a mound composed of pebble-flint and earth, with maximum dimensions of 9 metres in diameter and about 0.7 metres in height. Surrounding the mound is a quarry ditch which has become infilled over the years and now survives as a buried feature 1.5 metres wide.

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Bowl barrow 30 feet diameter by 4 1/2 ft high. <3> None of the barrows in the group has a visible ditch. Resurveyed at 1:2500 on MSD. <4>

Sources/Archives (7)

  • <1> Unpublished document: Quinnell, N V. Various. Field Investigators Comments NVQ. F1 NVQ 24-MAR-54.
  • <2> Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 156.
  • <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. 449.
  • <4> Unpublished document: Barton, J G. Various. Field Investigators Comments JGB. F2 JGB 07-APR-80.
  • <5> Index: Papworth, M. 1983. The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey. SDR 201.
  • <6> Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010.
  • <7> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 452340.

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Location

Grid reference SY 6101 8787 (point)
Map sheet SY68NW
Civil Parish Winterbourne Steepleton; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 133 017
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 68 NW 26
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 452340
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Black Down Group
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Winterbourne Steepleton 17

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May 22 2023 10:40AM

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