Monument record MDO3038 - Bowl Barrow, one of the Came Down Group, Winterborne Came

Prominent barrow on Came Down Golf Course. Visible on aerial photographs {1} as an earthwork mound 24m in diameter. Digitally plotted for the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping project.

'A'-Bowl barrow (SY 68848690) on north slope near west parish boundary. Diameter 77 ft., ht. 6 ft. <1> <3> <4>

'A' SY 68838690. Bowl barrow, well preserved; diameter 23.0m, height 2.0m. No visible ditch. Re-surveyed at 1:2500 on MSD. See ground photographs. <4>

Bowl barrow, 77ft. In diam and 6ft. High. Prominent barrow on Came Down Golf Course. Visible on aerial photographs <7> as an earthwork mound 24m in diameter. Digitally plotted for the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping project.raf vap1934

<1> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 149, 166 (Monograph). SDO132.

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

('A'-SY 68838690; 'B'-68878688) 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, 464 (Monograph). SDO150.

'(36) Bowl (SY 68 NE; 68848690) on N. slope near W. parish boundary. Diam. 77 ft., ht. 6 ft. '

<4> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F1 JGB 11-JAN-80 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<4.1> Royal Air Force, RAF/CPE/UK/2431 3254-5 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19920.

<5> Papworth, M, 1983, The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey, SDR 507 (Index). SDO12304.

Diameter 23.0m, ht. 2.0m. Hawthorn and grass covered. Unploughed in good condition. Visible as a prominent mound. 1/2/A

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 Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010 (Unpublished document).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

<7> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 1057-9 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12018.

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 451992 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Jun 29 2023 3:25PM