Monument record MDO43616 - Round Barrow on East Down, Winterborne Whitechurch

A round barrow on 'Whitechurch Down', now East Down (ST 8600) close to Combs Ditch, was opened by William Shipp in 1864. At the centre under a flint cairn a deep circular cist was cut in the natural chalk. It contained a primary cremation together with nine 'rudely chipped arrowheads' in a large bucket urn. Four inhumations, one crouched and three extended, were found above the cairn and a small urn was found just below the surface on the south side of the mound. Possibly Monument No. 25 (ST 80 SE 17B). ,1>

Possibly the barrow on Whatcombe Down (ST 80 SE 15). <2>

<1> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 2, 314 (Monograph). SDO136.

<1.1> Warne, C, 1866, The Celtic Tumuli of Dorset (1866), 41 (Monograph). SWX8166.

<1.2> Society of Antiquaries of London, 1933, The Antiquaries Journal 13, 448 (Serial). SDO16730.

<2> Grinsell, L V, 1935-54, Dorset Barrows 1935-54 Manuscript, 157 (Unpublished document). SWX1556.

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 205717 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Mar 16 2022 8:55AM