Monument record MDO3101 - Round barrow, Winterborne Monkton

Possible disc barrow, central mound about 60 feet in diam and 1.5ft. High, surrounded by ditch and external bank about 150ft. In diam. It is cut by another disc barrow, Winterborne Monkton 10.

(Centred SY 675882) Barrow group noted by Skinner in 1829. 'B' SY 67528819. Possible disc barrow with central mound about 60 feet in diameter by 1 1/2 feet high, surrounded by ditch and external bank about 150 feet in diameter. <1>

All the barrows are visible on Crawford air photograph. <3>

'B' SY 67548819. Barrow, diameter 20.0m. Approximately height 0.3m. No visible ditch. All these barrows are in arable and have been ploughed-down to such an extent that their type cannot be determined. Re-surveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. <4>

Possible disc barrow, central mound about 60ft. In diam and 1.5ft. High, surrounded by ditch and external bank about 150ft. In diam. It is cut by another disc barrow, Winterborne Monkton 10. (RCHM). Visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs <7>. The site was digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 466 (Monograph). SDO150.

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

<3> Crawford, O G S, Crawford 1611/17/45 5820/17/71 (Aerial Photograph). SDO20457.

<4> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F1 JGB 04-JUL-80 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<5> Papworth, M, 1983, The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey, SDR 440 (Index). SDO12304.

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 Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010 (Unpublished document).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

<7> National Monuments Record, 31-MAR-2003, NMR SY6788/125 (Aerial Photograph). SDO11814.

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 451875 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Jan 16 2025 7:19PM