Monument record MDO6628 - Bowl barrow, one of the Ridgeway Hill Group, Weymouth
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Summary
A bowl barrow 13m 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.
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Type and Period (1)
Full Description
Three round barrows: 'A' Ditched bowl barrow (SY 67268580) Ploughed almost flat. Excavated 1963. Mound built from periphery towards centre. Primary burial robbed; three secondary cremations, two unaccompanied, one in inverted collared urn. Ditch 6 1/2 ft. wide and 5 ft. deep, with two carbonised timbers about 4 ft. long on primary silt. Overall diam. 59 ft. <1> <3-4>
'A' SY 67258579 Bowl barrow of diameter 18.0m and height 0.2m. No visible ditch. 'A' resurveyed and 'B' surveyed at 1:2500 on MSD. <5>
An RCHME level 3 air photographic interpretation project (Event UID 932322) was carried out on this monument in October 1993. The changes noted were as follows: 'A' SY 67268580 This barrow appears as a central mound with a shallow scooped ditch surrounding it.
The archive produced by this project (Collection UID 932274) is held by the RCHME. <7>
A bowl barrow 13m in diameter is visible on aerial photographs <9> as a cropmark ring ditch with an internal bank. The site was digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.
Sources/Archives (10)
- <1> SDO132 Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 91.
- <2> SWX1540 Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Map 6in. 6 inch to 1 mile. 1963.
- <3> SDO64 Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1965. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1964. 86. 102.
- <4> 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.
- <5> SDO11900 Unpublished document: Barton, J G. Various. Field Investigators Comments JGB. F1 JGB 02-FEB-80.
- <6> SDO12304 Index: Papworth, M. 1983. The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey. SDR 456.
- <7> SDO20404 Unpublished document: Crutchley, Simon. RCHME: A354 Dorchester to Weymouth Project. 01-OCT-1993.
- <8> SDO12407 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010.
- <9> SDO11848 Aerial Photograph: 31-MAR-1934. NMR SY6785/5.
- <10> SDO14793 Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 22-JAN-1948. RAF/CPE/UK/2431 RS 4205-6. 452159.
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (4)
- Event - Intervention: Bowl barrow in the Ridgeway Hill Group, Weymouth; excavation 1963 (EDO195)
- 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 6725 8579 (29m by 28m) (7 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SY68NE |
| Unitary Authority | Dorset |
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 4 002 416
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: 650632
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 68 NE 96 A
- Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Ridgeway Hill Group
- Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Weymouth 416
Record last edited
Dec 22 2023 6:51PM
