Monument record MDO3017 - Bowl Barrow, one of the Bincombe Down Group, Winterborne Came

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Summary

Small barrow on Came Down Golf Course, almost flattened. Visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs and digitally plotted for the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.

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Full Description

Group of barrows on Came Down Golf Course: 'F' Bowl (68498590) 25 yds.N.E.of 'E'. Diam. 54 ft., ht. 2 ft. Used as golf green. <3>

'F' SY 68488589 Diameter 22.0m, height 0.6m. Mutilated by a golf green. No ditch visible around any of the barrows. All resurveyed at 1:2500 on MSD. See ground photographs. <4>

A bowl barrow, part of a group on Came Down Golf Course. Listed by Grinsell as Winterborne Came 13 and by RCHME as Winterborne Came 15. Formerly described by RCHME as a mound 54 feet in diameter and 2 feet high and in use as a golf green. In 1980, the Ordnance Survey recorded it as a mound 22 metres in diameter, 0.6 metres high and "mutilated by a golf green". There were no visible traces of any surrounding ditch. This barrow was formerly described as part of SY 68 NE 77. That record should be consulted for additional sources and further information. <3-4>

Small barrow on Came Down Golf Course, almost flattened. Visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs <7> and digitally plotted for the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.


<1> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 148 (Monograph). SDO132.

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

(Centred at SY 68498586) 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, 439 (Monograph). SDO150.

'(15) Bowl (68498590) 25 yds. N.E. of (14). Diam. 54 ft., ht. 2 ft. Used as golf green. '

<4> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F1 JGB 03-JAN-80 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<5> Papworth, M, 1983, The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey, SDR 485 (Index). SDO12304.

Diameter 22.0m, ht. 0.6m. Mutilated by a golf green. No visible ditch. In grass. 1/3/C

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 Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010 (Unpublished document).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

<7> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 1057-9 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12018.

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 452102 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

<9> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1300096 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Sources/Archives (9)

  • <1> Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 148.
  • <2> Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Map 6in. 6 inch to 1 mile. 1963.
  • <3> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3. 439.
  • <4> Unpublished document: Barton, J G. Various. Field Investigators Comments JGB. F1 JGB 03-JAN-80.
  • <5> Index: Papworth, M. 1983. The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey. SDR 485.
  • <6> Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010.
  • <7> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 17-JAN-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1934 1057-9.
  • <8> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 452102.
  • <9> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 1300096.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 6848 8589 (16m by 17m) (3 map features)
Map sheet SY68NE
Civil Parish Winterborne Came; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 128 015
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 68 NE 171
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 68 NE 77 F
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 1300096
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 452102
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Bincombe Down Group
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Winterborne Came 15

Record last edited

Nov 22 2023 2:01PM

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