Monument record MDO305 - Bowl barrow on The Knoll, Bincombe

Round barrow of which only a slight mound remains, situated on the crest of The Knoll near Bincombe. (No dimensions given). <2-3>

SY 67548483. Almost ploughed out; diameter approximately 12.0m, height 0.2m. There is no visible ditch. Resurveyed at 1:2500 on MSD. <4>

Potential site of a plough-levelled barrow, visible as low earthworks on aerial photographs <7>. The site lies on a natural knoll and was digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1927-38 (Map). SWX1540.

(SY 67538483) Tumulus (NR)

<2> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 91 (Monograph). SDO132.

<3> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 440 (Monograph). SDO150.

'(72) Bowl (?) (SY 68 SE; 67538484) in prominent isolated position just above 300 ft. contour on crest of The Knoll. Only slight mound remains.'

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 Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F1 JGB 03-SEP-80 (Unpublished document).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

<5> Papworth, M, 1983, The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey, SDR 477 (Index). SDO12304.

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 Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010 (Unpublished document).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

<7> Royal Air Force, 22-JAN-1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2431 4298-9 (Aerial Photograph). SDO11960.

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 452677 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Aug 8 2023 4:39PM