Monument record MDO3206 - Bowl barrow north of Higher Ashton Farm Winterborne St Martin

Ditched bowl, 26ft. in diam and 4ft. high, with a ditch 7ft. wide. Visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs {1}. The site was digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.

SY 65908797. Ditched bowl barrow on fairly steep north-east slope. Diameter 26.0 ft, height 4.0 ft, ditch 7.0 ft. wide. <1> <3>

SY 65898797. Bowl barrow of average diameter 7.5m. And height 0.8m. Now no visible ditch. Very stony appearance. Re-surveyed at 1:2500 on MSD. <4>

Visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs <7>. 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.

(SY 65898797) 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, 470 (Monograph). SDO150.

<4> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F1 JGB 21-MAY-80 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<5> Papworth, M, 1983, The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey, SDR 365 (Index). SDO12304.

Diameter 18.0m and ht. 1.2m. In permanent pasture. 1/2/B

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 Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010 (Unpublished document).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

<7> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 3089-90 (Aerial Photograph). SDO11804.

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 451884 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Dec 29 2022 7:41AM