Monument record MDO1281 - Winterbourne Poor Lot: bowl barrow

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Summary

A Bronze Age bowl barrow forming part of the Winterbourne Poor Lot Barrow Group. The site is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs. In 1952 the barrow was reported as being around 51 feet in diameter with a mound about 4½ feet high, and encircled by a ditch.

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Full Description

Bronze Age bowl barrow forming part of the Winterbourne Poor Lot Barrow Group. The site is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs. <4>


Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows (Monograph). SDO132.

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 129 (Monograph). SDO97.

‘(7) BARROWS etc. (Plate 106), between the 400 ft. and 500 ft. contours on the E. part of Black Down and on the E. side of the parish, are twenty in number: (a) bowl barrow with a ditch, 825 yards S.E. of Kingston Russell Farm and 150 yards S. of the main road, as 51 ft. in diam. and 4½ ft. high; ‘

<2> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 116 (Monograph). SDO132.

<3> Papworth, M, 1983, The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey, SDR 57 (Index). SDO12304.

No visible trace of this barrow situated in a regularly ploughed field freshly planted with grass. 1/7/E

<4> 02-APR-1969, NMR OS/69053/002-3 (Aerial Photograph). SDO11139.

<5> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010 (Unpublished document). SDO12407.

Sources/Archives (6)

  • --- Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows.
  • <1> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England. 1952. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West). 129.
  • <2> Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 116.
  • <3> Index: Papworth, M. 1983. The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey. SDR 57.
  • <4> Aerial Photograph: 02-APR-1969. NMR OS/69053/002-3.
  • <5> Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 5863 9077 (22m by 21m) (5 map features)
Map sheet SY59SE
Civil Parish Kingston Russell; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 058 007 A
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 59 SE 57
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 451192
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Kingston Russell 7a

Record last edited

Jun 1 2022 12:38PM

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