Monument record MDO2947 - Pond barrow, one of the Culliford Tree Group, Whitcombe
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A Bronze Age pond barrow, part of the Culliford Tree barrow group, a linear group of barrows ranged along part of the Dorset Ridgeway. Listed by RCHME as Whitcombe 6 and by Grinsell as Whitcombe 13a, it was described in 1979 during Ordnance Survey field investigation as being circa 45 metres in diameter, surrounded by a fragmentary bank 8 metres wide and 0.2 metres high. It is crossed by the parish boundary with Winterborne Came, marked here by a field wall. There appeared to be no difference between the level of the ground inside and outside the bank. NB this site was originally listed by Grinsell as a disc barrow. <1-4>
<1> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 143, 169 (Monograph). SDO132.
<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 459 (Monograph). SDO150.
'Eleven of the nineteen barrows are in the Culliford Tree Group (R.II), and four in a small Group (AB) on the N. slope from the Ridgeway … (6) Pond barrow, possible (69838543), 60 yds. S.E. of last. Diam. about 120 ft. and bank up to 20 ft. wide. Cut by parish boundary. Now destroyed.'
<3> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F1 JGB 14-DEC-1979 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.
<4> Grinsell, L V, 1982, Dorset Barrows Supplement, 64 (Monograph). SWX1703.
<5> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010 (Unpublished document). SDO12407.
<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1339083 (Digital archive). SDO14739.
Sources/Archives (6)
- <1> SDO132 Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 143, 169.
- <2> SDO150 Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3. 459.
- <3> SDO11900 Unpublished document: Barton, J G. Various. Field Investigators Comments JGB. F1 JGB 14-DEC-1979.
- <4> SWX1703 Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1982. Dorset Barrows Supplement. 64.
- <5> SDO12407 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010.
- <6> SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 1339083.
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Location
Grid reference | SY 6983 8543 (point) |
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Map sheet | SY68NE |
Civil Parish | Whitcombe; Dorset |
Unitary Authority | Dorset |
Protected Status/Designation
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 126 006
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 68 NE 188
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 68 NE 82
- Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 1339083
- Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Culliford Tree Group
- Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Whitcombe 6
Record last edited
Jun 16 2023 3:13PM