Monument record MDO6631 - Round barrow, one of the North Down Barn Group, Weymouth

Four round barrows at Northdown Barn consist of: ('A') Ditched bowl (70798474) 80 yds. S.S.E of Northdown Barn. Diam 54ft. ht. 3ft, with ditch 12 ft, wide and 1 ft deep. Markedly flat-topped, and probably disturbed. On North and South, ditch overlain by lynchets butting against mound (see SY 78 SW19); and also dug into on S, adding to 'causewayed' appearance. <3>

'A' - SY 70808475. Grass-covered, with a markedly flat top. Diameter 17.5m by 16.0m, height 1.4m to 2.8m Ditch and lynchets ploughed out. 'A', 'B' and 'C' re-surveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. <4>

Bronze Age barrow, visible as a low earthworks on aerial photographs <7-9>. One of a group of barrows at Northdown Barn. The site was digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1890 (Map). SWX1540.

(Centred SY 709847) Tumuli (NR) (four shown)

<2> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 142 (Monograph). SDO132.

<3> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 457 (Monograph). SDO150.

'(R.13) NORTHDOWN BARN GROUP (SY 78 SW). Five bowls on the S. side of the Ridgeway along the narrow col between West Hill and East Hill Groups. A mound (LVG 48) at 70728481 is probably spoil from an adjacent pit. The barrows are in Weymouth and Poxwell. (419) Ditched bowl (70798474) 80 yds. S.S.E. of Northdown Barn. Diam. 54 ft., ht. 3 ft., with ditch 12 ft. wide and 1 ft. deep. Markedly flat-topped, and probably disturbed. On N. and S., ditch overlain by lynchets butting against mound (Ancient Field Group (10)); and also dug into on S., adding to 'causewayed' appearance. '

<3.1> Warne, C, 1866, The Celtic Tumuli of Dorset (1866) (Monograph). SWX8166.

<4> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F1 JGB 27-JUN-80 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<5> Papworth, M, 1983, The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey, SDR 622 (Index). SDO12304.

Diameter 17.5m x 16.0m, ht. 1.4m to 2.8m. Unploughed and grass covered with gorse. Hollow in top. Surrounding field in kale. Perimeter steepened by basal ploughing. Visible as a low rise. 1/2/C

<6> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010 (Unpublished document). SDO12407.

<7> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1821 6439-40 (Aerial Photograph). SDO11751.

<8> 15-FEB-2005, NMR SY 7084/11 (23814/02) (Aerial Photograph). SDO11750.

<9> 12-APR-1983, NMR SY 7084/1-4 (2134/0228-31) (Aerial Photograph). SDO11752.

<10> National Record of the Historic Environment, 454363 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Dec 22 2023 12:39PM