Monument record MDO3251 - Bowl barrow north of Ridge Hill, Winterborne St Martin

Bowl barrow shown on a plan by E Cunnington in the late nineteenth century, subsequently rediscovered as a crop mark. Visible on RAF aerial photographs from 1947 {1}. The site was digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.

Three round barrows are shown in the field centred SY 653870 on a map made by E Cunnington in the late 19th century (see illustration). <1>

Air photographs show three soil marks in the field at approximately the same positions. <2>

No remains of these barrows are visible on the ground. The field is under crop. <3>

Bowl barrow shown on a plan by E Cunnington in the late nineteenth century, subsequently rediscovered as a crop mark. Visible on RAF aerial photographs from 1947 <4>. The site was digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.

<1> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1937, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1936, 18 map (Serial). SDO39.

<2> Royal Air Force, 22-1-1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2431 3296-97 (Aerial Photograph). SDO20226.

<3> Graty, D J, Field Investigators Comments DJG, F1 DJG 09-MAY-80 (Unpublished document). SDO17664.

<4> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 1061-3 (Aerial Photograph). SDO11826.

<5> Papworth, M, 1983, The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey, SDR 359 (Index). SDO12304.

No visible trace. 7/7/E

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 Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010 (Unpublished document).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

<7> National Record of the Historic Environment, 452187 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Oct 27 2023 11:09AM