Monument record MDO3194 - Bell barrow in the Four Barrow Hill group, Winterborne St Martin

Possible bell, 97ft. in diam and 6ft. high. Ditch- circle about 190ft. in diam. 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. '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. <1> <3>

SY 651880. Round barrows on Four Barrow Hill. Scheduled. <4>

'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. All the barrows are in arable and have been ploughed. None has a
visible ditch. Re-surveyed at 1:2500 on MSD. <5>

Visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs <9>. The site was digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.

<1> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 154 (Monograph). SDO132.

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

(Centred at SY 65138798) Tumuli (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, 469 (Monograph). SDO150.

<4> Department of the Environment, 1978, Department of the Environment (IAM) Ancient Monuments of England (Vol 2), 74 (Monograph). SWX1687.

<5> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F1 JGB 21-MAY-80 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<6> Papworth, M, 1983, The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey, SDR 356 (Index). SDO12304.

Diameter 40.0m and ht. 2.4m. Situated in a field which is regularly ploughed and in ley pasture. 1/3/C

<7> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010 (Unpublished document). SDO12407.

<8> 14-JUL-1948, CUCAP (BJ5) (Aerial Photograph). SDO11805.

<9> National Record of the Historic Environment, 451910 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Jan 23 2025 1:08PM