Monument record MDO5348 - Bowl barrow, Winterborne Whitechurch

Two barrows shown on Tithe Map of 1839 at ST 85700176 and ST 85800173 were not visible on the ground according to Grinsell in 1958. (Also shown on OS 1" 1811).

"Barrows shown on the Tithe Map of 1839 at ST 85700176 and ST 86120135 (presumably an error - see Grinsell) have now been destroyed." Nothing visible on air photographs. <1-3>

A rapid examination of air photography suggests the presence of a round barrow, of Prehistoric or Roman date, visible as a ring ditch cropmark. <4>

<1> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 158 (Monograph). SDO132.

<2> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 2, 314 (Monograph). SDO136.

'Barrows shown on the Tithe Map of 1839 at 85700176 and 86120135 have now been destroyed.'

<3> Royal Air Force, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 3122-23 (Aerial Photograph). SDO20271.

<4> Miller, Andrew, 1993, RCHME: AP Primary Recording Project (Unpublished document). SWX1708.

<4.1> National Monuments Record, NMR 4333: 22-26 (Aerial Photograph). SDO17790.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 205708 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Nov 10 2023 11:15AM