Monument record MDO8294 - Bowl barrow, Winfrith Newburgh

Potential site of a barrrow, listed in the NMR as shown on an early OS map. A small mound is visible in the vicinity on aerial photographs taken in 1946.

Three round barrows west of Winfrith Drove: 'A' (34) SY 82298259 Bowl (?) barrow, 72ft diameter and 1 1/2ft high. Ploughed. <1>

All three barrows have been ploughed out 'A' & 'B' may be represented on the AP by two dark circular patches at SY 82288253 and SY 82268256. Nothing can be seen of 'C'. <2>

Potential site of a barrrow, listed in the NMR as shown on an early OS map. A small mound is visible in the vicinity on aerial photographs taken in 1946 and 1970; it was digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project <3-4>. The site is completely plough-levelled and nothing is visible on latest Google Earth imagery.

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 461 (Monograph). SDO150.

<2> Attrill, N J, Field Investigators Comments NJA, F1 NJA 02-SEP-81 (Unpublished document). SDO14743.

<2.1> Royal Air Force, RAF/CPE/UK/1821 2434 (Aerial Photograph). SDO20478.

<3> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1821 2432-3 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13751.

<4> Royal Air Force, 18-FEB-1970, RAF 58/0254 0049-50 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13752.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 455677 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Jan 22 2024 1:23PM