Monument record MDO3188 - Bowl barrow in the Eweleaze Barn group, Winterborne St Martin

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Summary

A probable Bronze Age bowl barrow, part of a linear barrow cemetery. Recorded as extant by field investigators and also visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs.

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Type and Period (2)

Full Description

(Centred SY 648874) Tumuli [NR] (three times). (1)

Ten barrows including a pound barrow ('F') and a quadruple bell barrow ('K'), form an irregular linear cemetery orientated roughly North West to South East on top of the second spur east of Shorn Hill. 'K' is unique in England. 'A', 'C', 'D' and 'F' were excavated by St George Gray and Prideaux in 1902.

'G' Bowl (?) (64838639) 100 yds East of 'F'. Diam 140 ft, ht 6 ft Ploughed. (2,3)

'G'. SY 64838639. Bowl barrow under grass in ploughed field. Diameter 40.0m., height 3.0m. No visible ditch. Re-surveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D.

(SY64828728; 64828720; 64818712) The cropmarks of three probable barrows on Crawford air photograph, could not be traced in arable field. (4)


A probable Bronze Age barrow, part of a linear barrow cemetery comprising bowl barrows, a pond barrow, and a quadruple bell barrow (MDO3183-91). It is part of the Eweleaze Barn barrow group.

In 1980, the Ordnance Survey described it as a mound 40 metres in diameter and 3 metres high, with no visible ditch. <3>

In addition, this site is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs <4-7>. These suggest it to possibly be more of a bell barrow in type, seen as an internal mound measuring approximately 20.8 metres in diameter, surrounded by an outer ditch 2.3 metres wide and an outer bank 2.2 metres wide. A further outer ditch, approximately 2.2 meters in width, is also visible, seperated by what appears to be a berm of around 4.6 meters. This site was digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.


National Record of the Historic Environment, 452448 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1963 (Map). SWX1540.

Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F1 JGB 06-MAY-80 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<1> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 153 (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, 469 (Monograph). SDO150.

<3> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<4> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1824 3293-5 (Aerial Photograph). SDO11893.

<5> Royal Air Force, 22-1-1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2431 3295-6 (Aerial Photograph). SDO11932.

<6> unknown date, NMR SY 6487/1 (CCC 11752/1633) (Aerial Photograph). SDO11941.

<7> 12-6-1956, CUCAP (TC8) (Aerial Photograph). SDO11942.

<8> Papworth, M, 1983, The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey, SDR 348 (Index). SDO12304.

Diameter 40.0m and ht. 3.0m. Situated in a regularly ploughed field and protected by marker posts. Barrow under grass. 1/2/B

<9> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010 (Unpublished document). SDO12407.

<10> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1268564 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Sources/Archives (13)

  • --- Unpublished document: Barton, J G. Various. Field Investigators Comments JGB. F1 JGB 06-MAY-80.
  • --- Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 452448.
  • --- Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Map 6in. 6 inch to 1 mile. 1963.
  • <1> Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 153.
  • <2> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3. 469.
  • <3> Unpublished document: Barton, J G. Various. Field Investigators Comments JGB.
  • <4> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1824 3293-5.
  • <5> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 22-1-1948. RAF/CPE/UK/2431 3295-6.
  • <6> Aerial Photograph: unknown date. NMR SY 6487/1 (CCC 11752/1633).
  • <7> Aerial Photograph: 12-6-1956. CUCAP (TC8).
  • <8> Index: Papworth, M. 1983. The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey. SDR 348.
  • <9> Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010.
  • <10> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 1268564.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 6482 8739 (58m by 58m) (9 map features)
Map sheet SY68NW
Civil Parish Winterborne St Martin; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 131 088
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 68 NW 136
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 68 NW 56 G
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 1268564
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 452448
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Eweleaze Barn Group
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Winterborne St Martin 88

Record last edited

Feb 27 2024 4:55PM

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