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 <2> 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 <3> no mention of this barrow is made.

'G' Not found. <4>

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.'

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

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

<2> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 120-1 (Monograph). SDO132.

<3> 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.

<4> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F1 JGB 29-MAY-81 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 455857 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Jun 18 2024 12:27PM