Monument record MDO6307 - Bowl barrow, one of the Drive Plantation Group, Wimborne St Giles
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Summary
A round barrow of a type known as a bowl barrow, and situated on the parish boundary between Wimborne St Giles and Gussage All Saints. In 1975 this monument was reported as being about twenty metres in diameter and less than half a metre high, having been much reduced by ploughing. Visible as a cropmark with an outer ring ditch, an inner interrupted ditch and central pit.
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Type and Period (1)
Full Description
('A': SU 01281468 Tumuli (NR). <2>
(Centred SU 013146) Four round barrows, all levelled by ploughing. <3>
'A' was 22 paces in diameter by 2 feet high when seen by Grinsell, and consisted of a core of mould enclosed in a chalk circle.
A rapid examination of air photography <4.1, 4.2> suggests that the barrow group includes a possible five more barrow sites, of Prehistoric or Roman date, visible as ring ditch cropmarks. However, some of these new barrows (and 'D' of the existing group) may well be long barrows, of Neolithic date.
A - visible as an outer ring ditch, an inner interrupted ditch and central pit. <4>
Sources/Archives (10)
- <1>XY SDO132 Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 146. [Mapped feature: #343552 ]
- <2> SWX1540 Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Map 6in. 6 inch to 1 mile. 1963.
- <3> SDO129 Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1975. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East). 101.
- <3.1> SDO18680 Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. NMR SU 0015/6.
- <4> SDO17356 Verbal communication: Miller, Andrew. RCHME/EH/HE Aerial Photographers comment AM. 08-FEB-1993.
- <4.1> SDO18681 Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. NMR 4509: 48-51, 55, 62, 65.
- <4.2> SDO18682 Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. NMR 4443: 31-4.
- <5> SDO18678 Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. NMR 15829/19-22.
- <6> SDO18679 Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. NMR 15810/32-36.
- <7> SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 213785.
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Related Events/Activities (1)
Location
| Grid reference | SU 0128 1468 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SU01SW |
| Civil Parish | Wimborne St Giles; Dorset |
| Unitary Authority | Dorset |
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 3 026 059
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SU 01 SW 20
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SU 01 SW 3A
- Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 213785
- Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Wimborne St Giles 59
Record last edited
Oct 18 2022 1:06PM