Monument record MDO2046 - Bowl barrow, one of the Bronkham Hill Group, Portesham

Four round barrows: 'C'. Bowl (?) (63308662) 70 yds South East of last. Irregular, with diam 33 ft, and ht 3 ft. Ploughed almost flat. It is within enclosure (SY 68 NW 65). <1> <3>

'C' SY 63308662. Ploughed-out; No visible remains. <4>

Site of a Bronze Age barrow, one of a group of four barrows (MDO2046-7 & MDO3150-1) and part of a larger barrow cemetery extending along the Dorset Ridgeway.

<1> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 127, 155 (Monograph). SDO132.

<2> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1963 (Map). SWX1540.

('A' - SY 63168665; 'B' - SY 63248664) Tumuli (NR)

<3> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 467 (Monograph). SDO150.

‘(39) Bowl (?) (63308662; Fig. p. 507) 70 yds. S.E. of last. Irregular, with diam. 33 ft., and ht. 3 ft. Ploughed almost flat. It is within enclosure Winterborne St. Martin (143).’

<4> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F1 JGB 22-FEB-80 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<5> Papworth, M, 1983, The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey, SDR 293 (Index). SDO12304.

Ploughed out; no visible remains. Field in ley pasture. 1/7/E

<6> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010 (Unpublished document). SDO12407.

<7> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Externally held archive: RCH01/093 RCHME Inventory: Dorset II (South-East) (Unpublished document). SDO17434.

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 452476 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Jan 9 2024 4:50PM