Monument record MDO3232 - Bowl barrow Higher Park Farm Winterborne St Martin

Possible bowl barrow, ploughed almost flat. An outer ditch of 51m diameter, inner ditch and internal bank are all visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs.

SY 65468978. Bowl barrow on a slight south slope. Ploughed almost flat. (1,3,4)

SY 65468980. Diameter approximately 30.0m., height up to 0.8m. No visible ditch. Re-surveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. (1)

Outer ditch of 51m diameter, inner ditch and internal bank are all visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs (2,4). The site was digitally plotted as part of the South Dorset Ridgeway Project.

Possible bowl barrow, ploughed almost flat.(1)

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

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

(SY 65468978) Tumulus (NR)

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 47 (Monograph). SDO150.

<3> National Monuments Record, 22-JUN-1976, NMR SY6589/1/13 (JRB SF3084) (Aerial Photograph). SDO11773.

<4> National Monuments Record, 08-JUL-1976, NMR SY6589/3/1 (JRB SF3303) (Aerial Photograph). SDO11774.

<5> Papworth, M, 1983, The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey, SDR 411 (Index). SDO12304.

Diameter approx. 30.0m, ht. up to 0.8m. Mound higher on the S side. Field planted with a grain crop at the time of visit. 7/5/D

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 Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010 (Unpublished document).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

<7> National Record of the Historic Environment, 451913 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Dec 24 2024 11:26AM