Monument record MDO3032 - Bowl Barrow, one of the Came Down Group, Winterborne Came
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'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 Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F1 JGB 11-JAN-80 (Unpublished document).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 Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010 (Unpublished document).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> SDO12018 Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 17-JAN-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1934 1057-9.
- <2> SWX1540 Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Map 6in. 6 inch to 1 mile. 1963.
- <3> SDO150 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> SDO11900 Unpublished document: Barton, J G. Various. Field Investigators Comments JGB. F1 JGB 11-JAN-80.
- <5> SDO12304 Index: Papworth, M. 1983. The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey. SDR 498.
- <6> SDO12407 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010.
- <7> SDO14739 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) |
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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