Monument record MDO1858 - Late prehistoric round barrow, Ringstead Bay, Owermoigne

A bowl barrow recorded as being around 16 metres in diameter, visible as a slight earthwork mound. A circular mound is still visible at this location as a cropmark on aerial photographs. It is considered likely to be the remains of a late prehistoric round barrow. It is one of three potential barrows located in this vicinity (MDO1858-9 & MDO29301).

B. A grass covered bowl barrow, 16.0m diameter and 0.4m high with no visible ditch. <1>

B. Bowl barrow ploughed almost flat. <2> <4>

B. SY 77168142. Bowl barrow in arable, much ploughed. Diameter 14.0m., height 0.3m. No visible ditch. Re-surveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. <5>

A circular mound, approximately 13m in diameter, is still visible at this location as a cropmark on aerial photographs <7>. It is considered likely to be the remains of a late prehistoric round barrow. It is one of three potential barrows located in this vicinity (MDO1858-9 & MDO29301). This feature was digitally plotted during the South West Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Dorset).

<1> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 17-DEC-54 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<2> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 122 (Monograph). SDO132.

<3> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1963 edition OS map (Map). SWX1540.

(A SY 77178152; B SY 77168142) Tumuli (NR)

<4> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 447 (Monograph). SDO150.

'There are twelve barrows. Two, unidentified, 'one on the downs and one on the heath', were opened in the 1800s. Both contained at least one inurned cremation, and from one came two urns, now in D.C.M. (Dorset Procs. XVII (1896), xxv-xxvi; XXIX (1908), 136-7; XXX (1909), xlviii.) … (22) Bowl (?) (SY 78 SE; 77168142) on ridge top in S.E. of parish. Ploughed almost flat.'

<5> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F2 JGB 18-JUL-80 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<6> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Externally held archive: RCH01/093 RCHME Inventory: Dorset II (South-East) (Unpublished document). SDO17434.

<7> XX-XXX-2005, Google Earth (Aerial Photograph). SDO12861.

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 454121 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Dec 24 2021 10:47AM