Monument record MDO4389 - Bowl barrow, Milborne St Andrew

A group of round barrows on Deverel Down in Milborne St Andrew and Winterborne Whitechurch parishes. 'G' - SY 82359933. Grinsell (1959) lists a bowl barrow at this position (Milborne No 10a), 13 paces diameter and ?6 ins high quoting the RCHM records. However, in the RCHM Inventory (1970) no mention of this barrow is made.

'G' Not found (Barton 1981).

Historic England, National Record of the Historic Environment, 455857 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Barton, J G, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigator's Comments JGB, F1 JGB 29-MAY-81 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1902 (Map). SWX1540.

(Centred SY 822993) Tumuli (NR) (five shown)

Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 120-1 (Monograph). SDO132.

Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 2, 182, 314 (Monograph). SDO136.

Trust for Wessex Archaeology, 1986, Dorset Barrow Survey (Index). SDO134.

'The grid reference places the site on the parish boundary between Winterborne Whetechurch and Milborne St Andrew. To S of fence is Longthorns Plantation which consists of mature and coniferous and deciduous trees. To N is a field regularly ploughed, newly ploughed and planted with grass when visited. No visible trace although its position would be a good one. Papworth MDJ, TWA 18.12.85.'

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Apr 27 2026 3:06PM