Monument record MDO283 - Bowl barrow south of Came Wood, one of the Bincombe Hill Group, Bincombe

Ditched bowl. 90ft. in diam and 4.5ft. high. {1}

The site of a Bronze Age bowl barrow is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs {2}. It was digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.

This barrow was 25 paces in diameter and 3 feet in height. <1>

Three round barrows north of Bincombe Hill: (B) Ditched bowl (?) (68748496) 46 yds. North-North-West of
(A). Diameter 90ft. height 4 1/2ft. <2>

Three probably bowl barrows: 'B' SY 68748496. Diameter 25.0m., height 1.2m. No visible ditch. All in arable - at present under pasture. Re-surveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. <4>

<1> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 91 (Monograph). SDO132.

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 439 (Monograph). SDO150.

<3> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 1:10,000 scale map, 1978 (Map). SDO17396.

(SY 68728493) SY 68748496) Tumuli (NR)

<4> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F1 JGB 05-FEB-80 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<5> Papworth, M, 1983, The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey, SDR 515 (Index). SDO12304.

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 Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010 (Unpublished document).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

<7> Royal Air Force, 22-JAN-1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2431 4299-300 (Aerial Photograph). SDO11961.

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 452122 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Nov 22 2023 11:25AM