Monument record MDO3170 - Bowl barrow in the Rew Hill group, Winterborne St Martin

Four round barrows, probably bowl barrows, on top of spur running north-east from Black Down. 'C' (62848865) 95 yds north-north-east of 'B'. Diam about 60 ft. ploughed almost flat. <1> <3>

'C' SY 62838865. Reduced to a vague and unsurveyable ground swelling. Re-surveyed at 1:2500 on MSD. <4>

Located within the area of the Winterbourne Abbas Corridor Geophysical Suvey in 2017 (EDO7852) but unclear if detected within field 392A. The report does suggest that the monument is in the vacinity of the corridor but it does appear to be within the area of the corridor. <7>

<1> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 152 (Monograph). SDO132.

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

(Centred at SY 62998872) Tumuli (NR) TUMULUS (NR) (twice)

<3> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 468 (Monograph). SDO150.

<4> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F1 JGB 15-FEB-80 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<5> Papworth, M, 1983, The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey, SDR 234 (Index). SDO12304.

Reduced to a vague and unsurveyable ground swelling. Field in ley pasture. 7/6/E

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 Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010 (Unpublished document).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

<7> Roseveare, M J, 2017, Visual Impact Provision (VIP) Project – Dorset, Geophysical Survey Report (Unpublished document). SDO18127.

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 452357 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Jan 24 2024 4:59PM