Monument record MDO3205 - Bowl barrow south of Higher Ashton Farm Winterborne St Martin

Bowl, 70ft. in diam and 5ft. high, has been ploughed. Visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs {1}. The site was digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.

Visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs <7>. The site was digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.

SY 65628759. Bowl barrow near summit of north-east slope. Diameter 70ft., height 5.0 ft. Ploughed. <1> <3>

Bowl barrow in rough grass, slightly mutilated by previous ploughing. Diameter 18.0m., height 1.2m. No visible ditch. Re-surveyed at 1:2500 on MSD. <4>

<1> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 154 (Monograph). SDO132.

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

(SY 65628759) Tumulus (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, 470 (Monograph). SDO150.

<4> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F1 JGB 21-MAY-80 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<5> Papworth, M, 1983, The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey, SDR 360 (Index). SDO12304.

Diameter 18.0m and ht. 1.2m. In fenced off triangle of rough grass. 1/3/C

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 Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010 (Unpublished document).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

<7> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 1061-3 (Aerial Photograph). SDO11826.

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 451887 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Dec 29 2022 7:36AM