Monument record MDO6316 - Bowl barrow near the Dorset Cursus, Wimborne St Giles

A round barrow of a type known as a bowl barrow. Located to the east of Wyke Down and less than 50 metres north of the Dorset Cursus. In 1975 this monument was reported as being about 55 feet in diameter and about 3 feet high. The mound is much reduced by ploughing.

Bowl barrow, east of Wyke Down and just north west of the Dorset Cursus, has been much ploughed; diameter 55 ft, height 3 ft. <3>

<1> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 145 (Monograph). SDO132.

<2> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1963 (Map). SWX1540.

(SU 01371557) Tumulus (NR)

<3> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1975, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East), 101 (Monograph). SDO129.

'(68) Bowl (01371557), E. of Wyke Down and just N.W. of the Dorset Cursus (GUSSAGE ST. MICHAEL (9)), has been much ploughed; diam. 55 ft., ht. 3 ft.'

<4> Historic England, Historic England Archive, Object Number: AA71/00073A. Object Title: Celtic Fields on Martin Down. See Also SU01NW4 (Index). SDO14738.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 213522 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Jul 29 2024 3:34PM