Monument record MDO255 - Bowl barrow, one of the Ridgeway Group, Bincombe

Ditched bowl barrow, it is on spur running north east from the Ridgeway. 90ft. in diam and 4ft. high. This barrow was opened by Cunnington in 1881, exposing burnt matter and bone fragments near the centre, possibly the remains of a cremation burial. Visible as a cropmark ring ditch with internal bank on aerial photographs. The site was digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.

Grinsell recorded this barrow as 25 paces in diameter and 3 feet in height. <2>

Ditched bowl barrow, it is on spur running N.E. from ridgeway. 90ft. in diam and 4ft. high. Opened by Cunnington in 1881, exposing burnt matter and bone fragments near the centre. <4>

SY 67238667. Bowl barrow of diameter 34.0m. And height 1.0m. No visible evidence of a ditch. In arable.
Re-surveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. <5>

Visible as a cropmark ring ditch with internal bank on aerial photographs <7>. The site was digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.

<1> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1916, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club for 1916, 44-47 (Serial). SDO25.

<2> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 93 (Monograph). SDO132.

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

(SY 67248667) Tumulus (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, 437-8 (Monograph). SDO150.

‘(22) Ditched bowl (SY 68 NE; 67248667). On spur running N.E. from Ridgeway below 400 ft. Ht. 4 ft.; air photograph (V.A.P. CPE/UK 1824: 3290) indicates ditch about 90 ft. diam. Opened by Cunnington in 1881, exposing burnt matter and bone fragments near the centre.’

<5> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, 1 JGB 02-FEB-80 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<6> Papworth, M, 1983, The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey, SDR 443 (Index). SDO12304.

Diameter 34.0m, Ht. 1.0m. Presents an even profile. Encircling dark soil work visible, composed of flint and chalk with a darker soil capping. Cultivated. 1/3/C

<7> 06-JUL-1967, CUCAP (ASN 6) (Aerial Photograph). SDO11847.

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 Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010 (Unpublished document).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

<9> National Record of the Historic Environment, 451902 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Aug 16 2023 3:22PM