Monument record MDO3254 - Ring Ditch, near Clandon Farm, Winterborne St Martin

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Summary

Ring Ditch seen as parchmark in August 1976. Visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs {1}. The site was digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

SY 66218972 and SY66198948. Bowl barrows. Two ring-ditches, 10 and 15 paces in diameter respectively, visible as parch marks in pasture in 1976. (Not visible on OS air photographs 79 060 027-8). <1>

Ring Ditch seen as parchmark in August 1976. Visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs <2>. The site was digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.


<1> Grinsell, L V, 1982, Dorset Barrows Supplement, 56 (Monograph). SWX1703.

<2> Papworth, M, 1983, The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey, SDR 255 (Index). SDO12304.

Reported as a ringditch parchmark in pasture in Aug. 1976 by CJS Green. No visible trace in a field of ley pasture. 7/7/E

<3> National Monuments Record, 08-JUL-1976, NMR SY6689/28/19 (JRB 3303) (Aerial Photograph). SDO11795.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 452239 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <1> Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1982. Dorset Barrows Supplement. 56.
  • <2> Index: Papworth, M. 1983. The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey. SDR 255.
  • <3> Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 08-JUL-1976. NMR SY6689/28/19 (JRB 3303).
  • <4> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 452239.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 6621 8972 (30m by 31m) (5 map features)
Map sheet SY68NE
Civil Parish Winterborne St Martin; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 131 151
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 68 NE 126
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 452239

Record last edited

Oct 31 2023 1:48PM

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