Monument record MDO3089 - Bowl barrow, Winterborne Monkton

A possible bowl barrow 20m in diameter recorded in 1980 by the Ordnance Survey. One of a row of three barrows along the boundary with the former parish of Fordington. Visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs. The site was digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.

'C' SY 68538842. A ploughed down mound in arable - a probable bowl barrow. Diameter 20.0m approximately, height 0.8m. 'A' and 'C' re-surveyed at 1:2500 on MSD. <1>

A possible bowl barrow 20m in diameter. Visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs <3>. The site was digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.

Papworth, M, 1983, The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey, SDR 475 (Index). SDO12304.

‘Measurements as above. Visible as a low rise situated in a field of ley pasture. A number of limestone lumps are visible on the surface. 7/3/C.’

<1> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F1 JGB 11-JUN-80 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<2> Grinsell, L V, 1982, Dorset Barrows Supplement, 55 (Monograph). SWX1703.

<3> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010 (Unpublished document). SDO12407.

<4> 24-JAN-2008, LIDAR D0089663 (Aerial Photograph). SDO11819.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 451989 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1300196 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Jul 5 2024 11:15AM