Monument record MDO6308 - Bronze Age 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. In 1975 RCHME described it as having been levelled, but formerly visible as a plough-damaged mound 45 feet in diameter and less than 1 foot high. Forms part of the Drive Plantation Group of barrows.
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Full Description
A Bronze Age bowl barrow. RCHME described it as having been levelled, but formerly visible as a plough-damaged mound 45 feet in diameter and less than 1 foot high. Recent air photographs show as cropmarks an irregular, subcircular ring ditch surrounding a subrectangular, almost trapezoidal ditched enclosure. This site is one of a cluster of round barrows, ring ditches and other monuments scattered throughout neighbouring fields (see associated monuments). This site was previously recorded as part of SU 01 SW 20.
Sources/Archives (7)
- <1>XY SDO132 Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 146. [Mapped feature: #343553 ]
- <2> SDO129 Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1975. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East). 101.
- <3> SDO18681 Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. NMR 4509: 48-51, 55, 62, 65.
- <4> 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. 1309306.
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Location
| Grid reference | SU 0139 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: 3 026 060
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SU 01 SW 130
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SU 01 SW 20
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SU 01 SW 3B
- Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 1309306
- Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Drive Plantation Group
- Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Wimborne St Giles 60
Record last edited
Nov 10 2022 12:13PM
