Monument record MDO5184 - Round barrow on Ringmoor, Turnworth

('A'-ST80810856; 'B'-ST80820852) Within the largest enclosure on Ringmoor are two tumuli. (Plotted from plan. 'B' is published as a mound on OS 6" 1902). <1>

'A' and 'B' are two grass covered mounds situated in the vicinity of an Iron Age/Romano-British settlement, and on an east-facing slope, some 50ft below a ridge.

'A' - An elongated, almost triangular mound, approximatley NE-SW on the long axis. It measures 9.0m x 5.0m., with a height of 0.4m. There is a slight trace of a ditch.

It would seem hazardous to describe these mounds as barrows, for while they could possibly be mutilated bowl barrows, they could be field clearance mounds or in some other way associated with the settlement, and without excavation the classification is uncertain. <2>

Shown on RCHM plan (opposite p 291) in association with the settlement on Ringmoor, but not described in text. <3>

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

‘Visible as a low rise in permanent pasture grazed by sheep when visited. In a National Trust reserve. Surrounding settlement earthworks still clear. No change from above description. Irregular shape may be the result of antiquarian excavation. Papworth MDJ, TWA 3 January 1986.’

<1> Warne, C, 1862, Ancient Dorset (1st Edition), 20 (Monograph). SWX3049.

<2> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 17-AUG-55 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<3> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 1, 291-2 (Monograph). SDO146.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 205559 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Jul 4 2024 2:30PM