Monument record MDO509 - Bowl barrow, Broadmayne

A probable ploughed-down Bronze Age bowl barrow on the parish boundary between Bincombe and Broadmayne, not far from the Culliford tree barrow group and visible on aerial photographs.

A bowl barrow situated on the boundary of two arable fields and crossed by a hedge. Diameter 22.0m. north to south and 1.3m. high taken to the west. Destroyed by ploughing on the east side and much spread on the west. <1>

Bowl barrow 35 paces in diameter by 3 1/2ft. high. On Broadmayne boundary. Excavation records of unlocated barrows above Bincombe, probably near Ridgeway. <2>

A round barrow possibly existed on the boundary between Broadmayne and Bincombe, at SY 70398513. <4>

A mound at SY 70378513, at present in pasture, is probably a ploughed-down bowl barrow. Its diameter was approximately 30.0m but it has been destroyed on the north-east side by a track. The surviving portion is 0.7m high at maximum; it has been mutilated and spread. Published survey (1:2500) revised. <5>

A probable ploughed-down Bronze Age bowl barrow on the Bincombe-Broadmayne boundary, not far from the Culliford tree barrow group and visible on aerial photographs. <7>

<1> Swatridge, G C, Various, Field Investigators Comments GCS, F1 GCS 28-DEC-54 (Unpublished document). SWX1169.

<2> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 91 (Monograph). SDO132.

<3> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1963 (Map). SWX1540.

(SY 70388512) Tumulus (NR)

<4> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 440, 458 (Monograph). SDO150.

'The ten barrows in the parish (20-9) are all on the Ridgeway in Culliford Tree Goup (R.II), Whitcombe (p. 459), though another possibly existed on the boundary with Bincombe, S. of the group, at 70398513.'

<5> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F2 JGB 12-NOV-79 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

A mound, at present in pasture, is probably a ploughed down bowl barrow. Its diam. was approx. 30.0m but it has been destroyed on the NE side by a track. Surviving portion 0.7m high.

<6> Papworth, M, 1983, The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey, SDR 608 (Index). SDO12304.

Appears to be natural. 7/6/E

<7> 1972, DCC 012-073-0124 (Aerial Photograph). SDO10769.

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 453966 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Feb 27 2023 3:10PM