Monument record MDO2057 - Round barrow on Corton Hill, Portesham

A possible Bronze Age round barrow near the eastern end of Corton Hill. In 1970 this monument was reported as being around 46 feet in diameter with a mound about 3 feet high. It is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs.

A possible Bronze Age round barrow near the eastern end of Corton Hill, on the spine. Measuring 46ft in diameter and a height of 3ft. (Grinsell 1959; RCHME 1970)

A flat-topped steep-sided bowl barrow situated on the 'knife-edge' limestone ridge of Corton Hill. Diameter 15.0m., height 1.5m., No visible ditch. (Barton 1980)

Also visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs (Royal Air Force 1947; PGA 2002), measuring approximately 13 metres in diameter. This site was digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project. Some 9m. To the west of this barrow is a possible a pond barrow (MDO2083).

Historic England, National Record of the Historic Environment, 452498 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Barton, J G, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigator's Comments JGB, F1 JGB 17-APR-80 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

12-5-2002, PGA SY6385 (Aerial Photograph). SDO11926.

Royal Air Force, 17-1-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 1065-7 (Aerial Photograph). SDO11925.

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

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.

‘(49) Bowl (?) (SY 68 NW; 63418557) near E. end of Corton Hill, on spine. Diam. 46 ft., ht. 3 ft.’

Papworth, M, 1983, The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey, SDR 304 (Index). SDO12304.

Measurements and description as above. Situated in permanent pasture. 7/3/C

Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010 (Unpublished document).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

Record last edited

Sep 10 2026 3:10PM