Monument record MDO3102 - Barrow, Winterborne Monkton

Possible disc barrow, overlaps Winterborne Monkton 9, apparently similar in size and type, its ditch and external bank cuts the bank, ditch, and berm of Winterborne Monkton 9 (RCHM). Visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs. The site was digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.

'C', also listed as a bowl barrow, was excavated in 1833-4, and contained a central cist with a cremation in an upright urn (possibly a Late Bronze Age globular urn). (3) Other finds included six skeletons, a bone pin, and another urn containing ashes. <1>

(Centred SY 675882) Barrow group noted by Skinner in 1829. 'C' Possible disc barrow whose ditch and external bank cut the bank, ditch and berm of 'B', which it resembles in size and type. <2>

All the barrows are visible on Crawford air photograph. <4>

'C' Ploughed out, no remains. 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. <5>

Possible disc barrow, overlaps Winterborne Monkton 9, apparently similar in size and type, its ditch and external bank cuts the bank, ditch, and berm of Winterborne Monkton 9. (RCHM). Visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs <8>. The site was digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.

<1> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 150 (Monograph). SDO132.

<2> 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.

<3> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1963 (Map). SWX1540.

<4> Crawford, O G S, Crawford 1611/17/45 5820/17/71 (Aerial Photograph). SDO20457.

<5> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F1 JGB 04-JUL-80 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<6> Papworth, M, 1983, The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey, SDR 441 (Index). SDO12304.

There is now no visible trace of this barrow which has been totally ploughed out. It is situated in a field of ley pasture. 1/7/E

<7> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010 (Unpublished document). SDO12407.

<8> National Monuments Record, 31-MAR-2003, NMR SY6788/125 (Aerial Photograph). SDO11814.

<9> National Record of the Historic Environment, 451875 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Jan 16 2025 7:17PM