Monument record MDO2057 - Round barrow on Corton Hill, Portesham

A possible Bronze Age round barrow near the eastern end of Corton Hill. In 1970 this monument was reported as being around 46 feet in diameter with a mound about 3 feet high. It is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs.

A possible Bronze Age round barrow near the eastern end of Corton Hill, on the spine. Measuring 46ft in diameter and a height of 3ft <1-2>

A flat-topped steep-sided bowl barrow situated on the 'knife-edge' limestone ridge of Corton Hill. Diameter 15.0m., height 1.5m., No visible ditch. <3>

Also visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs <4-5>, measuring approximately 13 metres in diameter. This site was digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project. Some 9m. To the west of this barrow is a possible a pond barrow (MDO2083).

National Record of the Historic Environment, 452498 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F1 JGB 17-APR-80 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 450 (Monograph). SDO150.

‘(49) Bowl (?) (SY 68 NW; 63418557) near E. end of Corton Hill, on spine. Diam. 46 ft., ht. 3 ft.’

<2> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 127 (Monograph). SDO132.

<3> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<4> Royal Air Force, 17-1-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 1065-7 (Aerial Photograph). SDO11925.

<5> 12-5-2002, PGA SY6385 (Aerial Photograph). SDO11926.

<6> Papworth, M, 1983, The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey, SDR 304 (Index). SDO12304.

Measurements and description as above. Situated in permanent pasture. 7/3/C

<7> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010 (Unpublished document). SDO12407.

Record last edited

Jun 24 2022 3:13PM