Monument record MDO1290 - Winterbourne Poor Lot: bowl barrow

Bronze Age disc barrow forming part of the Winterbourne Poor Lot Barrow Group. The site is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs. {1}

Barrow, between the 400ft. and 500ft. contours on the E. part of Black Down. One of twenty. Probable disc barrow, is about 104ft. in diam overall inclusive of an outer ditch approximately 12ft. in width . The bank is 18-22ft. wide and 1ft. high. The mound, which was well to the E. of the centre, has been largely destroyed.

<1> 01-SEP-2004, NMR SY 5990/46-49 (23602/33-6) (Aerial Photograph). SDO11154.

<1> 02-APR-1969, NMR OS/69053/002-3 (Aerial Photograph). SDO11139.

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 129 (Monograph). SDO97.

<3> Papworth, M, 1983, The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey, SDR 75 (Index). SDO12304.

Dimensions as above. The barrow is within the Guardianship area. 1/5/D

<4> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010 (Unpublished document). SDO12407.

Record last edited

Dec 20 2024 4:16PM