Monument record MDO3196 - Bowl barrow in the Four Barrow Hill group, Winterborne St Martin

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. 'E' Bowl (?) (65148804) 70 yds. N. of 'C' Diam. 106 ft., ht. 6 ft. Crossed by hedge. <1> <3>

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

'E' SY 65158803. Bowl barrow, diameter approximately 40.0m, height 2.5m. All the barrows are in arable and have been ploughed. None has a visible ditch. Re-surveyed at 1:2500 on MSD. <5>

<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 (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 Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F1 JGB 21-MAY-80 (Unpublished document).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 357 (Index). SDO12304.

Diameter 40.0m and ht. 2.5m. Situated in two fields that are regularly ploughed and in ley pasture when visited. 75% of the barrow is in the S field where it has been reduced and spread by ploughing. Infested by badgers. 1/4/D

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 Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010 (Unpublished document).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

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 451910 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Jan 23 2025 1:08PM