Monument record MDO3382 - Bowl barrow, one of the Big Wood Group of barrows, Winterbourne Steepleton

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Summary

A ditched bowl barrow. Recorded as an extant earthwork by the RCHM and also visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs

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Also visible on aerial photographs {1} {2} {3} {4} as a cropmarked circular mound surrounded by an outer ditch, approximately 20 metres in diameter. It is part of a linear Bronze Age barrow cemetery running northeast-south west along the edge of Big Wood. It was digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project. Bowl barrow, 60ft. in diam and 1ft. high. {5}

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1824 4279-81.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 09-MAR-1948. RAF/CPE/UK/2475 3067-9.
  • <3> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 17-JAN-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1934 3097-8.
  • <4> Aerial Photograph: 21-4-1984. NMR OS/84037 304-5.
  • <5> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3. 472.
  • <6> Index: Papworth, M. 1983. The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey. SDR 161.
  • <7> Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 6057 8946 (26m by 25m) (5 map features)
Map sheet SY68NW
Civil Parish Winterbourne Steepleton; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 133 035
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 68 NW 5 C
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Big Wood Group
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Winterbourne Steepleton 35

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Feb 15 2024 10:33AM

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