Monument record MDO3387 - Bowl barrow, one of the Big Wood Barrow Group, Winterbourne Steepleton
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Summary
A double-ditched Bronze Age bowl barrow. Recorded as an extant earthwork by the RCHM and also visible as an earthwork and cropmarks on aerial photographs and LIDAR
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Full Description
Also visible on aerial photographs as an earthwork {1} {2} and as cropmarks {3}, appearing as a circular mound surrounded two ring ditches, the inner ditch approximately 26 metres in diameter and the outer ditch approximately 38 metres in diameter. It was additionally visible as an earthwork on LIDAR {4}. It is part of a linear Bronze Age barrow cemetery running northeast-south west along the edge of Big Wood. This site was digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.
Bowl barrow, 82ft. in diam and 9ft. high. {5}
Sources/Archives (7)
- <1> SDO11792 Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 09-MAR-1948. RAF/CPE/UK/2475 3067-9.
- <2> SDO11791 Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1824 4279-81.
- <3> SDO11793 Aerial Photograph: 21-4-1984. NMR OS/84037 304-5.
- <4> SDO11794 Aerial Photograph: 24-1-2008. LIDAR D0089652.
- <5> 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. 472.
- <6> SDO12304 Index: Papworth, M. 1983. The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey. SDR 169.
- <7> SDO12407 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010.
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (1)
Location
| Grid reference | Centred SY 6082 8956 (53m by 53m) (7 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: 1 133 040
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 68 NW 5 J
- Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Big Wood Group
- Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Winterbourne Steepleton 40
Record last edited
Feb 15 2024 10:29AM