Monument record MDO3263 - Possible barrow on Shorn Hill, Winterborne St Martin

Centred at SY 63208725, in an arable field, are three circular mounds, ploughed almost flat. Each is approximately 20.0m. diameter and 0.2m. high. They lie on the highest part of a broad flat ridge below Bronkham Hill, and their situation and appearance suggest that they are probably ploughed-down barrows. Discovered during field investigation. Surveyed at 1-2500 on Xerox for AO Records. <1>

Measurements and description as above [OS record]. In field of ley pasture. <2>

<1> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F1 JGB 29-FEB-80 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<2> Papworth, M, 1983, The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey, SDR 299 (Index). SDO12304.

<3> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010 (Unpublished document). SDO12407.

<4> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Externally held archive: RCH01/093 RCHME Inventory: Dorset II (South-East) (Unpublished document). SDO17434.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 452551 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Oct 26 2023 9:55AM