Monument record MDO5240 - Bowl barrow, Winterborne Houghton

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Summary

Earthwork remains of a Bronze Age bowl barrow consisting of a mound of flints (a cairn?).

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Type and Period (2)

Full Description

Bowl barrow (80350415) SE of Park Wood at over 700ft OD lies on top of a broad spur jutting eastward. The mound, a disturbed cairn of flints, lies within the area of a settlement (ST 80 SW 71). Diameter 35ft, height 3ft. <2>

ST 803042 Earthworks SE of Park Wood, including round barrow (No. 639); Scheduled <3>.


National Record of the Historic Environment, 205723 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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

(ST 80350415) Tumulus (NR)

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

<3> English Heritage, English Heritage SAM Listing File Dorset, 24 (Scheduling record). SDO17824.

31.3.96

Sources/Archives (4)

  • --- Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 205723.
  • <1> Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey map 1:10,560. 1:10 560. 1969.
  • <2> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historic Monuments. 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 2. 2. 300.
  • <3> Scheduling record: English Heritage. English Heritage SAM Listing File Dorset. 24.

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Location

Grid reference ST 8035 0415 (point)
Map sheet ST80SW
Civil Parish Winterborne Houghton; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 2 069 020
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: ST 80 SW 2
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 205723
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Winterborne Houghton 20

Record last edited

Jul 22 2024 2:39PM

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