Monument record MDO3366 - Bowl Barrow, one of Black Down Group, Winterbourne Steepleton

A Bronze Age bowl barrow situated on Black Down. It forms part of a wider cemetery. The barrow has a mound composed of sand, gravel and turf, with maximum dimensions of 12 metres in diameter and about 0.5 metres in height. The barrow mound has been partially disturbed and has a large central hollow which may relate to partial excavations conducted by Cunnington in 1878. Surrounding the mound is a quarry ditch which has become infilled over the years and now survives as a buried feature 1.5 metres wide.

Bowl barrow 205 yards south east of SY 68 NW 125; 42 feet diameter by 3 feet high. Much damaged by digging, with probable spoil on the north west. <1-2> <4>

SY 61148765. Bowl barrow, diameter 15.0m, height 0.8m. Interior largely excavated, leaving a narrow rim. None of the barrows has a visible ditch. Resurveyed at 1:2500 on MSD. <5>

<1> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 24-MAR-1954 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<2> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 156 (Monograph). SDO132.

<3> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1963 (Map). SWX1540.

<4> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 449 (Monograph). SDO150.

'Black Down Group (SY 68 NW). Ten barrows, including one bell, on gravel-capped heath around Hardy Monument above 700 ft. … Winterbourne Steepleton: … (19) Bowl (61148766) 205 yds. S.E. of (18). Diam. 42 ft., ht. 3 ft. Much damaged by digging, with probable spoil on N.W.'

<5> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F2 JGB 07-APR-1980 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<6> Papworth, M, 1983, The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey, SDR 203 (Index). SDO12304.

Site in an area mutilated by quarrying, a pit marks the one time location of this mound. 7/7/E

<7> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010 (Unpublished document). SDO12407.

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1175518 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Sep 13 2024 11:49AM