Monument record MDO5233 - Round barrow, Houghton South Down, Winterborne Houghton

A mound on Houghton South Down interpreted as a probable round barrow. In 1970 this monument was reported as being around 21 feet in diameter with a mound about one foot high.

ST 80640372. Probable barrow. Listed under bowl barrows. <1>

No trace of barrow at ST 80640372. 'A'-ST 80600371. Probable bowl barrow, 9.0m diameter and 0.4m. high with no visible ditch. 'B'-ST 80590370; 'C'-ST 80610370. Two ditchless mounds each 5.5m. diameter and 0.2m. high. Possibly very small bowl barrows but this classification would need confirmatory excavation. <2>

Three mounds on Houghton South Down listed under bowl barrows. ST 80640372. Probable barrows, 10 paces diameter and 1ft high. No 8 Approx. ST 80620371. Mound, 7 paces diameter and 9ins high. Found by L. V. Grinsel 1954 No 8a. Approx. ST 80650371. Mound, 6 paces diameter and 6ins high. Found by L. V. Grinsell, 1954, No 8b. <3>

Centred ST 806037. Three small mounds lie on the crest of a north-east facing slope in an area of rough ground; nearby are other less regular mounds. The mutilated remains of 'Celtic' fields with a possible settlement (see ST 80 SW 73 & 76) occur a short distance to the south east. To the north, where the chalk has a gravel cap, gravel diggings are found.

(13) ST 80620371. Barrow? 21ft diameter and under 1ft high. <5>

<1> Rigg, J, Field Investigators Comments JR, F1 JR 14-JUN-55 (Unpublished document). SWX1255.

<1.1> Grinsell, L V, 1935-54, Dorset Barrows 1935-54 Manuscript (Unpublished document). SWX1556.

<2> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F2 NVQ 22-AUG-55 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<3> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 150 (Monograph). SDO132.

<4> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1969 (Map). SWX1540.

(ST 80620371) Tumulus

<5> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 2, 298-299 (Monograph). SDO136.

(13) Barrow ? (80620371), 450 yds. N.N.W. of (12). Diam. 21 ft., ht. under 1 ft.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 205727 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Nov 29 2022 2:56PM