Monument record MDO3367 - Round barrow east of Smitten Corner, Winterbourne Steepleton
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Summary
A Bronze Age barrow, either bowl or bell in type. One of a cluster of three located here. Also visible on aerial photographs as a circular earthwork mound surrounded by an outer ditch.
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Full Description
A Bronze Age barrow, one of a cluster of three located on a knoll above a steep west slope about 500 yards east-north-east of Black Down (MDO3367-69).
Originally described as a bowl barrow with ditch and outer bank, the ditch recorded as measuring 10 feet wide and 2 feet deep, with the outer bank up to 18 feet wide and 2 feet high. The ditch and bank are noted as having been dug away on the western side, as well as disturbed by solution hollows {1-2}.
Ordnance Survey field investigation in 1980 recorded it as a bell barrow of maximum diameter 30 metres and 3.8 metres maximum height. Ploughing had removed traces of the surrounding bank and ditch {3}.
It is also visible on aerial photographs {4} as a circular earthwork mound surrounded by an outer ditch, approximately 28.7 metres in diameter. It was digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.
Sources/Archives (7)
- --- SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 452371.
- <1> 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. 471.
- <2> SDO132 Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 157, 167.
- <3> SDO11900 Unpublished document: Barton, J G. Various. Field Investigators Comments JGB. F1 JGB 07-APR-80.
- <4> SDO11895 Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1824 3297-9.
- <5> SDO12304 Index: Papworth, M. 1983. The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey. SDR 218.
- <6> SDO12407 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred SY 6164 8774 (39m by 40m) (5 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SY68NW |
| Civil Parish | Winterbourne Steepleton; Dorset |
| Unitary Authority | Dorset |
Protected Status/Designation
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 133 020
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 68 NW 35
- Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 452371
- Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Winterbourne Steepleton 20
Record last edited
Dec 30 2022 3:52PM
