Monument record MDO2054 - Bowl barrow, Portesham Hill

Bowl barrow. <1>

SY 60488670. Mound, possible barrow, on south shoulder of Portesham Hill, in area of 'Celtic' fields and later quarrying. Diameter about 42 ft, height about 3 ft. <3>

A circular mound on a south-west-facing slope. Diameter 10.0m, height1.6m. On the downhill side. No visible ditch. Possible bowl barrow. In permanent pasture. Re-surveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. <4>

Also visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs <6-7> measuring approximately 11.8 metres in diameter. This site was digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.

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

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

(SY 60478669) Tumulus (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, 450 (Monograph). SDO150.

<4> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F1 JGB 28-MAR-80 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<5> Papworth, M, 1983, The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey, SDR 181 (Index). SDO12304.

Mound well preserved in permanent pasture. No evidence of plough damage. 7/2/B

<6> Royal Air Force, 22-1-1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2431 3291-2 (Aerial Photograph). SDO11898.

<7> 30-11-1980, MAL 3880 176-78 (Aerial Photograph). SDO11899.

<8> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010 (Unpublished document). SDO12407.

<9> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Externally held archive: RCH01/093 RCHME Inventory: Dorset II (South-East) (Unpublished document). SDO17434.

<10> National Record of the Historic Environment, 452279 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

May 19 2023 4:44PM