Monument record MDO3401 - Bowl barrow, one of the Rowden Barrow Group, Winterbourne Steepleton

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Summary

A Bronze Age bowl barrow. In 1970 this monument was reported as 36 feet in diameter with a mound about one foot high.

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Group of round barrows: `C` Bowl barrow at SY 61698895 40 yards north north east of `B`. 36 feet diameter by 1 foot high. <1>

`C`. No trace, presumably ploughed out. <2>


<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 473 (Monograph). SDO150.

<2> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F1 JGB 28-MAR-80 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<3> Papworth, M, 1983, The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey, SDR 212 (Index). SDO12304.

Visible as a red/brown area of loam soil 20.1m high and possibly 10.0m across. Newly ploughed and used for ley pasture. 7/6/E

<4> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Externally held archive: RCH01/093 RCHME Inventory: Dorset II (South-East) (Unpublished document). SDO17434.

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 Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010 (Unpublished document).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

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 452348 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Sources/Archives (6)

  • <1> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3. 473.
  • <2> Unpublished document: Barton, J G. Various. Field Investigators Comments JGB. F1 JGB 28-MAR-80.
  • <3> Index: Papworth, M. 1983. The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey. SDR 212.
  • <4> Unpublished document: Royal Commission on Historic Monuments. Externally held archive: RCH01/093 RCHME Inventory: Dorset II (South-East).
  • <5> Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010.
  • <6> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 452348.

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Location

Grid reference SY 6169 8895 (point)
Map sheet SY68NW
Civil Parish Winterbourne Steepleton; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 133 054
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 68 NW 28 C
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 452348
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Rowden Group
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Winterbourne Steepleton 54

Record last edited

May 22 2023 10:18AM

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