Monument record MDO5239 - Bowl barrow north east of Dunbury, Winterborne Houghton

A bowl barrow. In 1970 this monument was reported as being around 35 feet in diameter with a mound about 2½ feet high. A quarry ditch surrounds the mound and survives as a buried feature.

ST 82000382. Bowl barrow 150 yds. N.N.E. of Bunbury, lies on the crest of Houghton South Down overlooking the village and is thickly overgrown. The mound is a flinty cairn with its centre removed almost to ground level. Diam. about 35 ft., ht. 2 1/2 ft. It is probably to be identified with a barrow at Houghton opened by J C Mansel-Pleydell in 1863, which was composed almost entirely of flints, and had been disturbed in the centre. There were no finds. <2>

National Record of the Historic Environment, 205732 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey map 1:10,560, 1969 (Map). SDO18658.

(ST 82000382) Tumulus (NR)

<2> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 2, 298-300 (Monograph). SDO136.

<2.1> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1884, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club, 32-3 (Serial). SDO4.

<3> English Heritage, English Heritage Schedule Entry, 01/08/1996 (Scheduling record). SDO17387.

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Oct 22 2024 4:25PM