Monument record MDO5241 - Bowl barrow, Winterborne Houghton

A bowl barrow on top of a broad spur south east of Ochill Wood. In 1970 this monument was reported as being about 40 feet in diameter with a mound about 4½ feet high. A hole has been dug into the top of the mound, probably in the course of antiquarian investigation.

A large bowl barrow. <2>

A tree and bracken covered bowl barrow with no visible ditch. The mound is 12.0 metres in diameter and 1.0 meter in high, flattened on the top. <3>

ST 79800505. Bowl barrow, south of Ochill Wood and about 40 feet in diameter and 4½ feet high. The mound, which lies in an area of 'Celtic' fields (see ST 80 SW 1), has a hole dug in the centre and is thickly overgrown. <4>

ST 798051. Round barrow south east of Ochill Wood. <5>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1902 (Map). SWX1540.

(ST 79790507) Tumulus (NR)

<2> Rigg, J, Field Investigators Comments JR, F1 JR 14-JUN-55 (Unpublished document). SWX1255.

<2.1> Grinsell, L V, Dorset Barrows (Unpublished MSs), 1934-55 (Unpublished document). SWX2678.

<3> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F2 NVQ 22-AUG-55 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<4> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 2, 300 (Monograph). SDO136.

‘(21) Bowl (79800505), S. of Ochill Wood at over 775 ft. O.D., on the top of a broad spur falling gently eastward towards the village, lies in an area of 'Celtic' fields (Group (53)). The mound has a hole dug into its centre and is thickly overgrown. Diam. about 40 ft., ht. 4½ ft.’

<5> DOE, 1977, Scheduled Monument Notification DOE (IAM) AMs Eng 1977, 73 (Scheduling record). SDO17495.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 201764 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Jan 13 2022 3:42PM