Monument record MDO3106 - Barrow, Winterborne Monkton

'E' SY 66788905. Probably a small bowl barrow. <1>

'E'. A poorly shaped mound; grass covered but on the edge of an arable field. Diameter 11.0m, height 0.4m. Possibly a bowl barrow, but it lies against and on the W side of the ditch of the N-S earthwork and is perhaps mutilated by the earthwork; or it may be nothing more than a part of the earthwork. Possible barrow only. <2>

'E' (SY 66788905). Probable small bowl barrow <3> not traceable <4>.

'E' Ploughed out. <5>

A possible round barrow recorded by both Grinsell (at an unknown date) and the Ordnance Survey in 1955, but not traced by RCHME. It is listed by Grinsell as Winterborne Momkton 1d. Located towards the southern end of the linear earthwork SY 68 NE 32, it is part of a cluster of monuments located north of Maiden Castle. In 1955, the Ordnance Survey described it as a "poorly shaped mound, grass covered but on the edge of an arable field … Possibly a bowl barrow, but it lies against and on the west side of the ditch of the earthwork and is perhaps mutilated by the earthwork; or it may be nothing more than a part of the earthwork". It was measured at 11 metres in diameter and 0.4 metres high. In 1980 it was assumed to have been ploughed out. The site falls within a scheduled area but is not itself mentioned within the schedule entry. Whether this is because it is not regarded as a barrow but as part of the linear is not clear. <8>

Papworth, M, 1983, The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey (Index). SDO12304.

'No visible trace in ley pasture. 7/7/E.'

<1> Grinsell, L V, 1935-54, Dorset Barrows 1935-54 Manuscript (Unpublished document). SWX1556.

<2> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 13-JAN-1955 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<3> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 150 (Monograph). SDO132.

<4> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 465 (Monograph). SDO150.

<5> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F3 JGB 12-SEP-80 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

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 Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010 (Unpublished document).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

<7> National Record of the Historic Environment, 451927 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1269149 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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