Monument record MDO3209 - Bowl barrow in the Rew group, Winterborne St Martin

Part of a barrow cemetery. When visited by the Ordnance Survey in 1981 there was no visible surface trace. Both Grinsell and RCHME had previously described it as being ploughed almost flat. <1> <3>

`B'. Not found, apparently ploughed out. `A', `C', `D', `E' and `F' resurveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D., `B' deleted. <4>

<1> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 151 (Monograph). SDO132.

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

"SY 636904. Two round barrows at Rew. Scheduled No 348". (Presumably barrows `E' and `F'). (4)

<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.

‘REW GROUP (SY 69 SW). Five, possibly seven barrows, including one probable disc barrow, on summit of hill in the extreme N.W. of the parish. Two were probably excavated by Sydenham: his no. 1 contained two primary contracted inhumations and a cremation at bottom of grave beneath a flint cairn. In the cairn was an extended child inhumation with small vessel (in D.C.M.), and at the top was an inurned cremation. On S. of the mound was a cremation in a biconical urn with remains probably of a necklace consisting of cylindrical bone bead, faience quoit-bead, faience star-bead and cowrie shell. Nearby was a fourth inurned cremation, and a fifth cremation lay near the surface with a fragmentary urn. In the top of mound was extended child inhumation (Archaeologia XXX (1844), 329–31; C.T.D., tovp, no. 70; Abercromby II, 42; Ant. J. XIII (1933), 448; Butler and Smith (1956), 35). A barrow nearby contained a cremation and an extended inhumation (C.T.D., tovp, no. 71). … (109) Mound, possible bowl (63699032) 60 yds. N.E. of (108). Ploughed almost flat.’

<4> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F1 JGB 06-MAR-81 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<5> Papworth, M, 1983, The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey, SDR 250 (Index). SDO12304.

A profile may be preserved as a swelling in the hedge line. Situated on a fenceline between two regularly ploughed fields. 7/7/E

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 Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010 (Unpublished document).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

<7> National Record of the Historic Environment, 453757 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1267891 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Jan 24 2024 6:59PM