Monument record MDO1374 - Winterbourne Poor Lot: bowl barrow

A bowl barrow south of Winterbourne Poor Lot forming part of the Winterbourne Poor Lot round barrow cemetery. The site is visible as cropmarks and earthworks on aerial photographs.

One of five, bowl barrow, 60ft. in diam and 2.5ft. High. <1>

A flinty stubble covered bowl barrow, diameter 22.0m, height 0.9m. <3>

A bowl barrow. Diameter 20 paces, hieght 3ft. <4>

A bowl barrow south of Winterbourne Poor Lot forming part of the Winterbourne Poor Lot round barrow cemetery. The site is visible as cropmarks and earthworks on aerial photographs. <6>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1903 (Map). SWX1540.

[SY 58939043] TUMULUS [OE]

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 38 (Monograph). SDO97.

'(8) Barrows (Plate 106), in the extreme N. angle of the parish, are five in number… (e) bowl barrow, 245 yards S.E. of (a), is 60 ft. in diam. And 2½ ft. high.'

<3> Rigg, J, Field Investigators Comments JR, F1 JR 31-DEC-1954 (Unpublished document). SWX1255.

<4> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows (Monograph). SDO132.

<5> Papworth, M, 1983, The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey, SDR 93 (Index). SDO12304.

No visible trace of this barrow which is situated in a regularly ploughed field under grass. 1/7/E

<6> 02-APR-1969, NMR OS/69053 015-6 (Aerial Photograph). SDO11138.

<7> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010 (Unpublished document). SDO12407.

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 451249 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Aug 9 2023 3:46PM