Monument record MDO3301 - Winterbourne Poor Lot: pond barrow

A Bronze Age pond barrow, in the form of a round depression reported in 1952 as being approximately 86 feet in diameter and around one foot deep, encircled by a bank. A break around 12 feet across on the south west side is thought to be original. The bank has been cut away by a modern road on the north-east side.

[Group Centred SY59139055] TUMULI [OE] (1)

A [SY59209051] Pond barrow at earthen circle. No signs of ditch. Centred area seems lower than adjacent natural level. (2)

A Pond barrow. Enclosed area 90 ft diam, 1 ft deep. Outer bank 15 ft wide, 2 ft high (Paces coverted to ft)
B. Bell barrow. Mound. Diameter 90 ft, height 11 ft, Berm 9ft wide. Ditch 12 ft wide, 1 ft deep (paces converted to ft)
C. Bowl barrow. Diameter 24 paces, height 7 ft.
D and E. Twin bell barrow. D. 60 ft diameter, 7 ft high with a berm 12ft wide. E.63 ft diameter, 7ft high with a berm 15ft
wide and an outer ditch 15ft wide and 1ft deep (?). The south and south west sides of this site are obscured by a hedge and
road; the berm and ditch are in good condition on the north west. (3)

A. A pond barrow, overall diameter 30.0m, the bank being 5.0m wide and 0.6m high. The NE part of the barrow destroyed by a
modern road. Tree covered.

B. A grass covered bell barrow 34.0m diameter and 3.0m high, the berm being 4.0m wide. A ditch 4.0m wide and 0.2m deep
except where it is crossed on the W. by a grass track.

C. A tree covered bowl barrow, diameter 16.0m, height 2.0m, with a ditch 2.0m wide and 0.2m deep.

D&E As in T3 each approx 3.0m high and diameter 17.0m. Only E has a ditch around the NW and NE 4.0m wide and 0.3m deep.
(4)

National Record of the Historic Environment, 451215 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

<1> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 147 (Monograph). SDO132.

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 463 (Monograph). SDO150.

'(30) Pond barrow (59219052) in woodland 57 yds. E. of (29). Depression 86 ft. in diam., and generally 1 ft. deep; enclosing bank 18 ft. to 24 ft. across 3½ ft. high from outside and up to 5½ ft. high above centre of interior. Break 12 ft. wide in bank on S.W. is probably original. The N.E. segment of bank, cut away by modern road, shows much flint in section.'

<3> Papworth, M, 1983, The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey, SDR 100 (Index). SDO12304.

As above. In woodland, approx. 20 mature beech trees and sycamore trees grow from the bank and central depression of the barrow. The bank is truncated on the north by the Bridport road but the original area of the central depression appears to be intact. The entrance is still apparent on the south-west. Another 1m wide gap in the earthwork on the south-west appears to be modern. Adjacent and south of the entrance is a 20.m section of the bank which has in the past been disturbed by animal burrows. Desc. Text/AM107/ Woodward PJ, Papworth MDJ/1982/WAC, W47 1/3/B

<4> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010 (Unpublished document). SDO12407.

Record last edited

Dec 19 2023 4:52PM