Monument record MDO8306 - Bowl barrow on Whitcombe Hill, one of the Black Knoll Barrow Group, Winfrith Newburgh

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Summary

A Bronze Age bowl barrow. In 1970 this monument was reported as around 30 feet in diameter with a mound 3 feet high. The mound is disturbed in the centre, perhaps as a result of antiquarian investigation.

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A bowl barrow. No details given. <2> This barrow has a diameter of 8.0 metres and a height of 1.0 metres. There isno ditch. An East-West trench across the top of barrow is 0.7 metres wide and 0.1 metres deep. There were no surface finds. A heather covered bowl barrow. <3> SY 806835. Round barrow on Whitcombe Hill. <5> A bowl barrow, generally as described and measured by Authority (3). Revised at 1:2500 on MSD. <7>

Sources/Archives (10)

  • <1> Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Map 6in. 6 inch to 1 mile. 1902.
  • <2> Unpublished document: Grinsell, L V. 1935-54. Dorset Barrows 1935-54 Manuscript.
  • <3> Unpublished document: Rigg, J. Field Investigators Comments JR. F1 JR 25-SEP-52.
  • <4> Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 147.
  • <5> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3. 461.
  • <6> Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey 1:10,000 scale map. 1:10000. 1976.
  • <7> Monograph: Department of the Environment. 1978. Department of the Environment (IAM) Ancient Monuments of England (Vol 2). Vol 2.
  • <8> Unpublished document: Attrill, N J. Field Investigators Comments NJA. F2 NJA 06-APR-81.
  • <8> Unpublished document: Royal Commission on Historic Monuments. Externally held archive: RCH01/093 RCHME Inventory: Dorset II (South-East).
  • <10> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 455262.

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Location

Grid reference SY 8068 8747 (point)
Map sheet SY88NW
Civil Parish Winfrith Newburgh; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 6 026 048
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 88 NW 2
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 455262
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Black Knoll Group
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Winfrith Newburgh 48

Record last edited

May 15 2023 5:12PM

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