Monument record MDO6618 - Bowl barrow, one of the Ridge Hill Group, Weymouth
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Summary
A bowl barrow 25m in diameter is visible on aerial photographs as a cropmark bank. The site was digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
Bowl barrow 60 feet indiameter by 2 1/2 feet high.
It was opened in 1884 by Cunnington who found two chalk cut graves lined and covered with stones, each containing an inhumation, one with two plain urns. The graves lay within a "circle" of twenty two stones, 10 feet in diameter with a gap 8 feet wide on the south east. (1-3, 5)
SY 66498638 Bowl barrow in arable, ploughed. Diameter 24.0m approximately, height 0.8m. No visible ditch. Resurveyed at 1:2500 on MSD. (6)
A bowl barrow 25m in diameter is visible on aerial photographs {9} as a cropmark bank. The site was digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.
Sources/Archives (10)
- <1> SDO25 Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1916. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club for 1916. 37. 44.
- <2> SDO39 Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1937. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1936. 58. Location map opp 20 (Barrow No 1).
- <3> SDO132 Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 141.
- <4> SWX1540 Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Map 6in. 6 inch to 1 mile. 1963.
- <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. 468.
- <6> SDO11900 Unpublished document: Barton, J G. Various. Field Investigators Comments JGB. F1 JGB 21-MAY-80.
- <7> SDO12304 Index: Papworth, M. 1983. The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey. SDR 404.
- <8> SDO12407 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010.
- <9> SDO11826 Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 17-JAN-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1934 1061-3.
- <10> SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 452145.
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Related Events/Activities (3)
Location
| Grid reference | Centred SY 6649 8639 (33m by 29m) (3 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SY68NE |
| Unitary Authority | Dorset |
Protected Status/Designation
- Scheduled Monument 405
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 4 002 405
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 68 NE 92
- Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 452190
- Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Ridge Hill Group
- Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Weymouth 405
Record last edited
Jul 3 2023 11:48AM