Monument record MDO6609 - Bowl barrow, one of the Ridge Hill Group, Weymouth

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Summary

A bowl barrow 28m in diameter is visible on aerial photographs {1} as a cropmark ring ditch with an internal bank and central pit/ hollow. The site was digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.

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SY 65298659. Bowl barrow, now completely destroyed. <1> <3> This appears to be the barrow visible at SY 65308659. <4> A bowl barrow 28m in diameter is visible on aerial photographs <7> as a cropmark ring ditch with an internal bank and central pit/ hollow. The site was digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.

Sources/Archives (8)

  • <1> Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 140.
  • <2> Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Map 6in. 6 inch to 1 mile. 1963.
  • <3> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3. 467.
  • <4> Unpublished document: Barton, J G. Various. Field Investigators Comments JGB. F1 JGB 16-MAY-80.
  • <5> Index: Papworth, M. 1983. The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey. SDR 383.
  • <6> Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010.
  • <7> Aerial Photograph: 26-MAR-1968. NMR SY6586/2.
  • <8> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 452045.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 6529 8658 (34m by 37m) (7 map features)
Map sheet SY68NE
Unitary Authority Dorset

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  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 4 002 396
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: 452045
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 68 NE 60
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Ridge Hill Group
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Weymouth 396

Record last edited

Dec 30 2022 3:04PM

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