Monument record MDO3269 - Bowl barrow on Hog Hill, Winterborne St Martin
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Full Description
A bowl barrow on Hog Hill, one of a cluster of barrows located to the west and northwest of Maiden Castle. In 1980, the Ordnance Survey described the barrow as a ploughed down mound 16 metres in diameter and 0.6 metres high, with no visible traces of a ditch. Scheduled. Neither Grinsell nor RCHME mention the barrow in their gazetteers. <1-2>
Bowl barrow 16 metres diameter, 0.6 metres high. Visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs <5>. The site was digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.
<1> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 14-JAN-1955 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.
<2> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F2 JGB 21-MAY-1980 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.
<3> Papworth, M, 1983, The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey, SDR 418 (Index). SDO12304.
Neither Grinsell or the RCHM make any mention of barrows 12b and 12c. Bowl barrow in ley pasture with a diameter of 16.0m and a height of 0.6m. 7/4/D
<4> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010 (Unpublished document). SDO12407.
<5> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 3089-90 (Aerial Photograph). SDO11804.
<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1269014 (Digital archive). SDO14739.
Sources/Archives (6)
- <1> SDO11903 Unpublished document: Quinnell, N V. Various. Field Investigators Comments NVQ. F1 NVQ 14-JAN-1955.
- <2> SDO11900 Unpublished document: Barton, J G. Various. Field Investigators Comments JGB. F2 JGB 21-MAY-1980.
- <3> SDO12304 Index: Papworth, M. 1983. The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey. SDR 418.
- <4> SDO12407 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010.
- <5> SDO11804 Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 17-JAN-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1934 3089-90.
- <6> SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 1269014.
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Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (4)
- Event - Intervention: Barrows on Hog Hill, Winterborne St Martin (EDO7565)
- Event - Survey: South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010 (Ref: 72660) (EDO5641)
- Event - Survey: South Dorset Ridgeway Project, Kingston Russell and Long Bredy; fieldwalking survey 1983 (EDO7109)
- Event - Survey: South Dorset Ridgeway Project; field survey 1983 (EDO5539)
Location
Grid reference | Centred SY 6607 8851 (18m by 17m) (3 map features) |
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Map sheet | SY68NE |
Civil Parish | Winterborne St Martin; Dorset |
Unitary Authority | Dorset |
Protected Status/Designation
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 131 166
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 68 NE 12
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 68 NE 153
- Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 1269014
Record last edited
Jan 21 2025 5:20PM