Monument record MDO6620 - Bowl barrow, one of the Ridgeway Hill Group, Weymouth
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Summary
A bowl barrow 37m in diameter is visible on aerial photographs as a cropmark ring ditch with an internal bank. The site was digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
Ditched bowl barrow 80 feet in diameter by 6 1/2 feet high. Probably excavated. (1, 3)
SY 66798604 Bowl barrow under grass. Diameter 30.0m height 2.3m. Now no visible ditch. Re-surveyed at 1:2500 on MSD. (4)
A bowl barrow 37m in diameter is visible on aerial photographs {7} as a cropmark ring ditch with an internal bank. The site was digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.
Sources/Archives (8)
- <1> SDO132 Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 141.
- <2> SWX1540 Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Map 6in. 6 inch to 1 mile. 1963.
- <3> 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. 456.
- <4> SDO11900 Unpublished document: Barton, J G. Various. Field Investigators Comments JGB. F1 JGB 21-MAY-80.
- <5> SDO12304 Index: Papworth, M. 1983. The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey. SDR 444.
- <6> SDO12407 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010.
- <7> SDO11846 Aerial Photograph: 26-MAR-1968. NMR SY6785/4.
- <8> SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 452174.
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (4)
- Event - Intervention: Barrow in the Ridgeway Hill Group, Weymouth; excavation 1884 (EWX607)
- Event - Survey: South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010 (Ref: 72660) (EDO5641)
- Event - Survey: South Dorset Ridgeway Project, Kingston Russell and Long Bredy; fieldwalking survey 1983 (EDO7109)
- Event - Survey: South Dorset Ridgeway Project; field survey 1983 (EDO5539)
Location
| Grid reference | Centred SY 6677 8604 (49m by 44m) (5 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SY68NE |
| Unitary Authority | Dorset |
Protected Status/Designation
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 4 002 407
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 68 NE 103
- Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 452174
- Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Ridgeway Hill Group
- Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Weymouth 407
Record last edited
Nov 19 2023 8:26AM
