Monument record MDO3023 - Bell Barrow, one of the Culliford Tree Group, Winterborne Came

Round Barrows in Came Wood: 'A'.Bell (69688545) Diam. 89 ft., ht. 10 ft., with traces of ditch. <1, 3>

'A' SY 69678545 Bell barrow of overall diameter 34.0m and height 4.2m, extensively mutilated. Berm. 2.0m wide on average, and ditch 5.0m wide and 0.3m deep. All the barrows are thickly overgrown by trees and undergrowth. Resurveyed at 1:2500 on MSD. <4>

<1> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 149, 166 (Monograph). SDO132.

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

(Centred SY 697854) 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, 458 (Monograph). SDO150.

'(21) Bell (?) (69688545) 123 yds. E.S.E. of (20). Diam. 89 ft., ht. 10 ft., with traces of ditch. '

<4> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F1 JGB 14-DEC-79 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<5> Papworth, M, 1983, The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey, SDR 578 (Index). SDO12304.

<6> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1985, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1984, 111 (Serial). SDO84.

‘ROUND BARROWS IN CAME WOOD, WINTERBORNE CAME. Students of the Dorset Institute of Higher Education found two flint flakes and one chert flake brought to the surface by burrowing animals in the round barrows at SY 69688545 (RCHM Group R11, no.21) and 69578548 (R11, no. 20), in the Culliford Tree Group (RCHM 1970, 458). The flakes were examined by Peter Woodward; none of them was diagnostic. They are deposited in the County Museum.’

<7> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Externally held archive: RCH01/093 RCHME Inventory: Dorset II (South-East) (Unpublished document). SDO17434.

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 Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010 (Unpublished document).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

<9> Historic England, Historic England Archive, 2K/07848 (Index). SDO14738.

CULLIFORD TREE BARROW

<10> Historic England, Historic England Archive, BF110930 (Index). SDO14738.

England's Landscapes

<11> National Record of the Historic Environment, 452119 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Jun 16 2023 2:29PM