Monument record MDO2960 - Bowl barrow, Whitcombe

Four barrows, including an oval barrow, in NW-SE line across S-facing slope of low ridge running N.N.E. below the Ridgeway. All have been heavily ploughed. 'C'. Ditched bowl (70768619) immediately SE of 'B' and possibly forming double barrow with it. Diameter about 70ft, height, about 2ft.
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The four barrows are situated in arable fields as follows: 'C' - SY 70768619. Diameter 24.0m. Maximum height 1.0m. None of the four barrows shows any visible evidence of a ditch. 1:2500 Published surveys of 'A', 'C' and 'D' revised. 'B' surveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. <4>

Site of a Bronze Age bowl barrow visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. It is part of a wider linear barrow cemetery (MDO2958-61). <7-9>

<1> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 143 (Monograph). SDO132.

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

(SY 707862) Tumuli (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, 459 (Monograph). SDO150.

<4> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F1 JGB 06-NOV-79 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<5> Papworth, M, 1983, The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey, SDR 561 (Index). SDO12304.

Diameter 24.0m, max. ht. 1.0m. Ploughed down in ley pasture. 7/3/C

<6> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010 (Unpublished document). SDO12407.

<7> 27-AUG-1998, NMR SY 7086/16-17 (18144/01-02) (Aerial Photograph). SDO10830.

<8> 27-AUG-1998, NMR SY 7086/18-19 (18150/05-06) (Aerial Photograph). SDO10829.

<9> 11-JUN-1978, NMR OS/78080 087-89 (Aerial Photograph). SDO10828.

<10> National Record of the Historic Environment, 453953 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Jan 5 2024 4:42PM