Monument record MDO3362 - Bowl barrow on Sheep Down, Winterbourne Steepleton

Mound, possibly a ditched bowl barrow of Bronze Age date, recorded as an extant earthwork by RCHM and also visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs

SY 60528831. A mound, probably a bowl barrow, at present under the plough. It is 18.0m in diameter and 0.7m high. There is no soil mark or evidence of a ditch. The mound is of earth construction with some large flints towards the centre. <1>

SY 60528833. Mound, possibly a ditched bowl barrow. Diameter 42ft, height 2ft. It is situated at a 'Celtic' field corner. <2>

SY 60528832. A ploughed-down mound as described by 1 and 2. An old field bank cuts across its south side. Surveyed at 1:2500 on MSD. <3>

It is also visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs <6>, approximately 13 metres in diameter, and was digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.

<1> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 24-MAR-55 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 2 (Monograph). SDO149.

<3> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F2 JGB 29-FEB-80 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<4> Papworth, M, 1983, The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey, SDR 177 (Index). SDO12304.

Not visited.

<5> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010 (Unpublished document). SDO12407.

<6> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 3097-8 (Aerial Photograph). SDO11790.

<7> National Record of the Historic Environment, 452511 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

May 19 2023 4:16PM