Monument record MDO3032 - Bowl Barrow, one of the Came Down Group, Winterborne Came

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Summary

Well preserved ditched bowl barrow, on Came Down Golf Course. Visible on aerial photographs as an earthwork mound 25m in diameter. Digtally plotted for the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.

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Full Description

'E' Ditched bowl barrow on westerly slope; 70 feet diameter by 6 1/2 feet high with ditch 12 feet wide by 1 foot deep. <1-2>

'E' SY 68678628. Bowl barrow, well-preserved; diameter overall 32.0m. and height 1.9m. with an encircling ditch 4.0m. wide and 0.2m. deep. Re-surveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. See ground photographs. <4>

Well preserved ditched bowl barrow, on Came Down Golf Course. Visible on aerial photographs <1> as an earthwork mound 25m in diameter. Digtally plotted for the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.


<1> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 1057-9 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12018.

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

('A' - SY 68648617; 'B' - SY 68678620; 'C' SY 68718621; 'D' - SY 68718626; 'E' - SY 68678628; 'F' - SY 68778623, 'G' - SY 68818625; 'H' - SY 68868634) 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, 464 (Monograph). SDO150.

<4> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F1 JGB 11-JAN-80 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<5> Papworth, M, 1983, The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey, SDR 498 (Index). SDO12304.

Well preserved. Diameter 32.0m, ht. 1.9m with an encircling ditch. 4.0m wide and 0.2m deep. In grass. In excellent condition. 1/2/A

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 Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010 (Unpublished document).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

<7> National Record of the Historic Environment, 452105 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Sources/Archives (7)

  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 17-JAN-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1934 1057-9.
  • <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. 464.
  • <4> Unpublished document: Barton, J G. Various. Field Investigators Comments JGB. F1 JGB 11-JAN-80.
  • <5> Index: Papworth, M. 1983. The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey. SDR 498.
  • <6> Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010.
  • <7> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 452105.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 6867 8628 (34m by 32m) (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: 1 128 030
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 68 NE 78 E
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 452105
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Came Down Group
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Winterborne Came 30

Record last edited

Mar 8 2024 8:02PM

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