Monument record MDO3193 - Bowl barrow in the Four Barrow Hill group, Winterborne St Martin

Possible bowl, 93ft. in diam and 5ft. high. An external ditch, internal bank and central pit/ hollow are visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs {1}. The site was digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.

Four Barrow Hill Group. Six barrows, including two probable bells
in south-west to north-east line on top of a broad spur.
All have been ploughed.

'A' Bowl (?) (65078787). Diam. 78 ft., ht. 4 1/2 ft.
'B' Bowl (?) (65108793) 60 yds. N.E. of 'A' Diam. 93 ft., ht. 5 ft.
'C' Bell (?) (65138798) 70 yds. N.E. of 'B' Diam. 97 ft., ht. 6 ft.
Ditch-circle, about 190 ft. in diam., visible on V.A.P. CPE/UK 1934,
3091.
'D' Bowl (?) (65148795) immediately adjacent to 'C' on S.E.
Ploughed almost flat.
'E' Bowl (?) (65148804) 70 yds. N. of 'C' Diam. 106 ft., ht. 6 ft.
Crossed by hedge.
'F'. Bell (?) (65188808) 60 yds. N.E. of 'E'. Ploughed almost flat.
Ditch 140 ft. in diam., apparently separated from mound by berm
about 15 ft. wide, visible on V.A.P. CPE/UK 1934, 3091. (2-4)

'A' SY 65068787. Bowl barrow, diameter approximately 30.0m, height
1.0m.

'B' SY 65098792. Bowl barrow, diameter approximately 30.0m,
height 1.3m.

'C' SY 65138797. Bell (?) barrow, diameter approximately 40.0m,
height 2.4m. Large size suggests a bell but there is no trace of
berm nor ditch.

'D' No visible remains - ploughed out.

'E' SY 65158803. Bowl barrow, diameter approximately 40.0m, height
2.5m.

'F' SY 65178808. Bell (?) barrow, ploughed almost flat, diameter
28.0m approximately, height 0.3m, no trace of berm.

All the barrows are in arable and have been ploughed. None has a
visible ditch.

Re-surveyed at 1:2500 on MSD. (5)

SY 651880. Round barrows on Four Barrow Hill. Scheduled. (6-7)



An external ditch, internal bank and central pit/ hollow are visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs {1}. The site was digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.

Possible bowl, 93ft. In diam and 5ft. High. {2}

National Record of the Historic Environment, 451910 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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

(Centred at SY 65138798) Tumuli (NR) (twice)

Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 154 (Monograph). SDO132.

Department of the Environment, 1978, Department of the Environment (IAM) Ancient Monuments of England (Vol 2), 74 (Monograph). SWX1687.

Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F1 JGB 21-MAY-80 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<1> 14-JUL-1948, CUCAP (BJ5) (Aerial Photograph). SDO11805.

<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> Papworth, M, 1983, The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey, SDR 354 (Index). SDO12304.

Diameter 30.0m and ht. 1.3m. Ploughed down in ley pasture. 1/3/C

<4> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010 (Unpublished document). SDO12407.

Record last edited

Jan 23 2025 1:08PM