Monument record MDO3405 - Bowl barrow, one of the Pound Hill Group, Winterbourne Steepleton

A ring ditch is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs at this location. It is probably the site of a Bronze Age barrow and likely to be part of the Pound Hill barrow cemetery group.

Group of five barrows on Pound Hill: 'D' (Winterbourne Steepleton No 58) SY 62399087. Bowl barrow about 60ft diameter and 2 ft high. Now ploughed almost flat. <3> <5>

'D'. SY 62389086. Bowl barrow, diameter 22.0 metres approximately, height 0.1 to 0.6 metres. Ploughed down. Re-surveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. <6>

A ring ditch is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs at this location. It is probably the site of a Bronze Age barrow and likely to be part of the Pound Hill barrow cemetery group. <9-11>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1903 (Map). SWX1540.

(Group Centred SY 62439083) Tumuli [NR] (five shown)

<2> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 31-DEC-54 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

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

<4> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1963 (Map). SWX1540.

<5> 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.

<6> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F2 JGB 10-APR-81 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<7> Papworth, M, 1983, The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey, SDR 240 (Index). SDO12304.

Approx. 22.0m diameter, height 0.1-0.6m. Presents an even profile. Situated in a field regularly ploughed in ley pasture when visited. Visible as a faint rise reduced and spread by ploughing. 7/6/E

<8> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010 (Unpublished document). SDO12407.

<9> 14-JUL-1948, CUCAP (BJ6) (Aerial Photograph). SDO11136.

<10> 04-AUG-1995, NMR SY 6290/2 (15372/31) (Aerial Photograph). SDO11135.

<11> 04-AUG-1995, NMR SY 6290/6 (15344/17) (Aerial Photograph). SDO11133.

<12> National Record of the Historic Environment, 453632 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Jan 8 2024 4:26PM