Monument record MDO5338 - Bowl barrow, Winterborne Whitechurch

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Summary

A bowl barrow situated at the top of a shallow combe on Whatcombe Down. In 1970 this monument was reported as being around 50 feet in diameter with a mound about one foot high. J C Mansel-Pleydell and W Boyd Dawkins excavated a barrow in the vicinity in 1898, and it is probably this barrow.

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A grass covered bowl barrow 17.0m in diameter by 0.4m high. There is no visible surrounding ditch. <2> Bowl barrow, ST 85510197, 25 paces in diameter by 4ft high. Possibly opened in 1864 by William Shipp. (See ST 80 SE 49). <3> Bowl Barrow at ST 85500197, 50ft diameter by 1 foot high. Possibly opened in 1898 by J C Mansel-Pleydell and W Boyd Dawkins. (See ST 80 SE 50). <4>

Sources/Archives (6)

  • <1> Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Map 6in. 6 inch to 1 mile. 1902.
  • <2> Unpublished document: Quinnell, N V. Various. Field Investigators Comments NVQ. F1 NVQ 19-NOV-54.
  • <3> Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 157.
  • <4> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historic Monuments. 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 2. 2. 314.
  • <5> Index: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Records. ST 80 SE 15.
  • <6> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 205646.

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Location

Grid reference Centred ST 8551 0197 (19m by 20m)
Map sheet ST80SE
Civil Parish Winterborne Whitechurch; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 2 072 026
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: ST 80 SE 15
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 205646
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Winterborne Whitechurch 26

Record last edited

Mar 14 2022 9:18AM

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