Monument record MDO2492 - Barrow on Waterston Ridge, Stinsford

A Bronze Age barrow located at the West end of Waterston Ridge. It is one of three barrows. In 1970 this monument was recorded as being around 58 feet in diameter with a mound about 4 feet high, and a ditch clearly visible on the eastern side.

'B' - Flat topped bowl barrow, 18.0m diameter and 1.3m high. The ditch on the south and east quadrant is 5.0m wide and 0.4m deep. <2>

'B' - (17) - SY 70969441. Bowl barrow, 58ft diameter and 4ft high lies on the summit of a ridge on a south west slope. The ditch is most clearly marked on the east side. <4>

'B' SY 70969441: ploughed down bowl barrow, diameter 21.0m., height 1.0m. The ditch is no longer visible. Re-surveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. <5>

A Bronze Age barrow is located at the West end of Waterston Ridge. It is one of three barrows, all of which are scheduled. It is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs. <6-7>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1930 (Map). SWX1540.

('A' - SY 70659440 'B' - SY 70969441) Tumulus (NR)

<2> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 02-DEC-54 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<3> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 131 (Monograph). SDO132.

<4> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 2, 257 (Monograph). SDO136.

‘(17) Bowl (70979441), 340 yds. E. of (16), lies near the summit of a ridge, over 400 ft. above O.D. on a S.W. slope. The ditch is most clearly marked on the E. side. Diam. 58 ft., ht. 4 ft.’

<5> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F2 JGB 12-NOV-80 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<6> Royal Air Force, 27-OCT-1971, RAF 39/3817 0149-50 (Aerial Photograph). SDO10671.

<7> 06-DEC-2006, NMR SY 7094/31-2 (24497/36-7) (Aerial Photograph). SDO10672.

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 455060 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

<9> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1325250 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Feb 6 2024 8:12PM