Monument record MDO3226 - Bowl Barrow in the Wireless Station Group, Winterborne St Martin

'B' - Barrow under high crop and not investigated. <2>

'B' - Small bowl barrow (no dimensions given) on arable ground. <3>

'B' - (126) - SY 65189018 Bowl (?) barrow, 60 ft diameter and 9 ft high situated 210 yards south south east of 'A'.

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 22, south of No 21 and in the same field, contained a cremation with antler, ox bones and flint implements in an oval grave 2 ft long x 1 1/2 ft deep situated beneath an inner cairn. RCHM equate Cunnington's barrow No 21 with 'A' - SY 65139036 and No 22 with 'B' - SY 65189018. <4>

'B'. Ploughed out. <5>

The site of a Bronze Age round barrow is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. <8>

Cropmark of a possible levelled Bronze Age round barrow visible partially as a germination mark and chalky spread surrounded by a ditch which is visible at SY 6519 9020 to the east of Purlands Farm on aerial photographs taken in 2015 as part of the Historic England Reconnaissance Recording Programme. <9>

<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 Rigg, J, Field Investigators Comments JR, F1 JR 09-SEP-54 (Unpublished document).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, 470 (Monograph). SDO150.

'Possible bowl, 60ft. In diam and 9ft. High. Contained a cremation with antler, ox bones and flint implements in oval grave 2ft. Long by 1.5ft. Deep beneath cairn.'

<4.1> Acland J E, 1916, List of Dorset Barrows, opened or described by Mr E. Cunnington, 43 (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 Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F2 JGB 06-MAR-81 (Unpublished document).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 337 (Index). SDO12304.

20.0m diameter and 0.1m high in ley pasture. Ploughed almost flat. 1/6/E

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 Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010 (Unpublished document).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

<8> 20-OCT-1997, NMR SY6590/9-10 (158747/06-7) (Aerial Photograph). SDO10861.

<9> Historic England Archive, 23-APR-2015, HEA 29557/047 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18392.

<10> National Record of the Historic Environment, 453374 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

<11> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1622827 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Dec 24 2024 11:26AM