Monument record MDO3378 - Bowl barrow west of Blagdon Barn, one of the Gaythorne Barrow Group, Winterbourne Steepleton

(Centred SY 621879). the 'Gaythorne Group' of barrows is situated on naturally hillocky heath, now largely arable, making it uncertain which rises are barrows. 'C', 'D', 'E' and 'G', described below, are all under grass.

'D' Probable bowl barrow. Irregular oval mound 70ft by 50ft by 2ft high. 'G' Probable bowl barrow about 35 ft diameter by 1 1/2ft high. It forms a short alignment with 'C' and 'D'. <3-4>

'D' SY 62148798. A mutilated mound approximately 18.0m. in diameter and 0.5m high, cut on the north by the road. No visible ditch. Of this group of mounds only 'E' is certainly indentifiable now, as a barrow. 'C', 'D', 'E' and 'G' re-surveyed at 1:2500 on MSD. <5>

Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F2 JGB 15-FEB-80 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1902 (Map). SWX1540.

('B' - SY 62048799; 'C' - SY 62118795; 'D' - SY 62148796; Tumuli (NR)

<2> Papworth, M, 1983, The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey, SDR 229 (Index). SDO12304.

18.0m diameter and 0.5m high. Cut on N by a road. No visible ditch. Apparently unploughed. In field of permanent pasture and visible as a low rise.
1/4/C

<2> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 24-MAR-55 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<3> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 156-7 (Monograph). SDO132.

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 Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010 (Unpublished document).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

<4> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 472 (Monograph). SDO150.

Record last edited

Jan 24 2024 2:00PM