Monument record MDO269 - Bowl barrow, one of the Bincombe Down Group, Bincombe

Bowl barrow, one of the Bincombe Down Group. In 1983 this was noted as having a diameter of 12 metres and a surviving height of 0.6 metre. It was unploughed, but cut on NE side by building excavation. Its mound comprised flint and heathland gravels.

Grinsell recorded this Barrow as 15 paces in diameter and 3 feet in height, and speculated that it may be upcast from adjoining quarry. <1>

Round Barrows: 'A' Bowl (67838572). Diam. 38 ft., ht. 3 ft. Disturbed in centre. <3>

'A' SY 67848571 A mutilated bowl barrow of approximate diameter 12.0m and height 0.6m. No visible ditch. Re-surveyed. at 1:2500 on MSD. See ground photographs. <4>

<1> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 90 (Monograph). SDO132.

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

(Centred at SY 67968572) Tumuli (NR)

<3> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 438 (Monograph). SDO150.

‘(36) Bowl (67838572). Diam. 38 ft., ht. 3 ft. Disturbed in centre.’

<4> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F1 JGB 02-FEB-80 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<5> Papworth, M, 1983, The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey, SDR 478 (Index). SDO12304.

Diameter 12.0m, Ht. 0.6m. Unploughed but cut on NE side by building excavation. Mound composed of flint and heathland gravels. 1/4/C

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 Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010 (Unpublished document).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

<7> Historic England, Historic England Archive, BB86/05029 (Index). SDO14738.

BINCOMBE 5A - ONE OF A GROUP OF THREE. Donor: UNKNOWN Copyright: UNKNOWN

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 452093 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Jun 30 2023 5:00PM