Monument record MDO3129 - Bowl barrow in the Bronkham Hill group, Winterborne St Martin

A bowl barrow on top of a small spur. In 1970 this monument was reported as being around 31 feet in diameter with a mound about 3 feet high, and damaged, with the stony interior exposed.

National Record of the Historic Environment, 452318 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

<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.

‘(29) Bowl (62288731) on top of short S.-N. spur 150 yds. S.E. of (27). Diam. 31 ft., ht. 3 ft. Damaged, showing stony interior. 24 yds. to the N. is a small, probably artificial, stone mound 10 ft. in diam. and 6 ins. high.’

<2> Papworth, M, 1983, The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey, SDR 264 (Index). SDO12304.

‘Diam. 12.0m Ht 1.0m. Uneven moss and heather covered mound. Very flinty mound with sarsen stones visible. On the top of the slope to the S. 1/3/C.’

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 Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010 (Unpublished document).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

Record last edited

Jan 16 2025 7:32PM