Monument record MDO3087 - Bowl barrow, Winterborne Herringston

A bowl barrow recorded in 1970 as being around 38 feet in diameter with a mound 5½ feet high, and slightly flattened. The barrow is crossed by the former parish boundary with Fordington.

'A' Bowl Barrow (SY 68498843) on W-E ridge above 300 ft. Diam. 38 ft., ht. 5 1/2 ft. Slightly flattened on top and crossed by boundary with former parish of Fordington. <1> <3>

'A' SY 68478842. Bowl barrow, diameter 11.0m, height 1.6m No visible ditch. … 'A' and 'C' re-surveyed at 1:2500 on MSD. <4>

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

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

(SY 68478842) Tumulus (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, 465 (Monograph). SDO150.

‘The parish, consisting mainly of relatively low ground N. of the Ridgeway, contains only four barrows. … (5) Bowl (SY 68 NE; 68498843) on W.-E. ridge above 300 ft. Diam. 38 ft., ht. 5½ ft. Slightly flattened on top and crossed by boundary with former parish of Fordington.’

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 Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F1 JGB 11-JUN-80 (Unpublished document).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

<5> Papworth, M, 1983, The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey, SDR 474 (Index). SDO12304.

Bowl barrow 11.0m diameter and 1.6m high. Situated on a verge between two fields. An E-W fence crosses the N side of the barrow. N of it is an overgrown hawthorn hedge. The mound has been flattened against the hedgeline. This has been caused by ploughing. To the S of the fence the mound is unploughed and covered in grass with a flat top. Basal ploughing has damaged the S perimeter. 1/3/C

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 Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010 (Unpublished document).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

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 Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Externally held archive: RCH01/093 RCHME Inventory: Dorset II (South-East) (Unpublished document).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

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 451989 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Sep 4 2023 3:20PM