Monument record MDO3225 - Barrow in the Wireless Station Group, Winterborne St Martin

'A' - Ditchless, grass-covered bowl barrow, 21.0 m diameter and 3.2 m high has a large overgrown pit on top. (2)

'A' - Bowl barrow, 24 paces diameter and 8 ft high on arable ground. (3)

'A' - (125) - SY 65139036. Bowl barrow, 60 ft diameter and 11 ft high. <4>

Two barrows situated 2 1/2 miles from Dorchester, close to the south side of the Bridport Road were excavated by E Cunnington in 1884. Cunnington's No 21 contained a central cairn, above which (near the top of the barrow) was a cremation near three urns, broken by four intrusive inhumations. … RCHM equate Cunnington's barrow No 21 with 'A' - SY 65139036 and No 22 with 'B' - SY 65189018. <4>

'A'. SY 65129036. Bowl barrow as described, diameter 20.0 metres, height 3.2 metres. Not ploughed. No visible ditch. 'A' Resurveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. <5>

The site of a Bronze Age round barrow is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. <7>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1927-38 (Map). SWX1540.

('A' - SY 65129036; 'B' - SY 65189018) Tumulus (NR)

<2> Rigg, J, Field Investigators Comments JR, F1 JR 09-SEP-54 (Unpublished document). SWX1255.

<3> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 152 (Monograph). SDO132.

<4> 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.

<4.1> Cunnington, E, 1915, Cunnington MSS (Unpublished document). SDO10110.

<4.2> Acland J E, 1916, List of Dorset Barrows, opened or described by Mr E. Cunnington (Article in serial). SWX9318.

<5> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F2 JGB 06-MAR-81 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<6> Papworth, M, 1983, The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey, SDR 336 (Index). SDO12304.

Diameter 20.0m and ht. 3.2m. Damaged by basal ploughing and covered in hawthorn and blackberry. Slightly disturbed by badgers. 1/3/C

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 Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010 (Unpublished document).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

<8> Royal Air Force, 22-JAN-1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2431 3261-3 (Aerial Photograph). SDO10862.

<9> National Record of the Historic Environment, 453374 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Dec 24 2024 11:26AM