Monument record MDO3181 - Possible double bowl barrow in the Great Hill group, Winterborne St Martin

Possible ditched double bowl, has been much disturbed and now appears as two mounds 3ft. apart, each about 27ft. in diam. The whole is only 48ft. long N.-S., and up to 2ft. high. Ditch on the E. is about 9ft. wide, possibly common on both mounds.

Ditched double bowl barrow on north slope of Ridgeway. Much disturbed, appearing as two mounds 3 ft apart. each about 27 ft in diam.west-east. Whole about 48 ft long north-south, and up to 2 ft high. Ditch on east about 9 ft wide, possible common to both mounds. Not visible from Ridgeway. <1> <3>

SY 64369706. This barrow has been almost ploughed flat, its site now being marked by a (single) stony mound 13.0m. In diameter and 0.2m. High. There is no visible ditch. Re-surveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. <4>

<1> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 153 (Monograph). SDO132.

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

(SY 64368705) Tumulus (NR)

<3> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 469 (Monograph). SDO150.

<4> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F1 JGB 28-APR-80 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<5> Papworth, M, 1983, The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey, SDR 342 (Index). SDO12304.

Visible only as a concentration of flints in a field of ley pasture. 7/6/E

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 Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010 (Unpublished document).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

<7> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Externally held archive: RCH01/093 RCHME Inventory: Dorset II (South-East) (Unpublished document). SDO17434.

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 452470 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Dec 30 2022 2:48PM