Monument record MDO3020 - Bowl Barrow, one of the Bincombe Hill Group, Winterborne Came

Two round barrows in Came Wood: A' Bowl. (69298547) Diam. 46 ft., ht., 4 ft. Flattened on top and damaged by excavation. <1> <3>

'A' SY 69298547. Bowl barrow with flattened top; mutilated. Diameter 18.0m. And height 2.0m. No visible ditch.
Re-surveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. <4>

<1> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 149 (Monograph). SDO132.

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

(Centred at SY 69318548) 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.

'(18) Bowl (69298547) in Came Wood 145 yds. N.E. of last. Diam. 46 ft., ht. 4 ft. Flattened on top and damaged by excavation.'

<4> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F1 JGB 21-DEC-79 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<5> Papworth, M, 1983, The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey, SDR 529 (Index). SDO12304.

Bowl with flattened top. Mutilated. Diameter 18.0m and ht. 2.0m. No visible ditch. In woodland. A mature oak grows from its summit. The rest of the trees are saplings. 1/3/C

<6> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Externally held archive: RCH01/088 RCHME Inventory: Dorset I (West) and Revision (Unpublished document). SDO17367.

<7> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010 (Unpublished document). SDO12407.

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 452116 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Jun 16 2023 2:46PM