Monument record MDO3237 - Bowl barrow on Hog Hill, Winterborne St Martin

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Summary

Possible bowl , 50ft. In diam and 3ft. High, has been disturbed. Visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs taken in the late 1940s. The site was digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

A group of three barrows; all under pasture. 'A' SY 66008849. A bowl barrow; diameter 19.0m., height 0.5m. The southern half is ploughed out and is visible only as a cropmark. <1>

SY 66008848. ('A') Probable bowl barrow; diameter 50.0ft., height 3.0ft. Disturbed. (Grinsell described it as only 3 inches
high and almost destroyed. Neither Grinsell nor the R.C.H.M. make any mention of barrows 'B' and 'C'). <2> <4>

'A' SY 66008849. Bowl barrow, ploughed down. Diameter 12.0m., height 0.3m. No visible ditch. Re-surveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. <5>

Visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs <6>}. The site was digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.


<1> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 14-JAN-55 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<2> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 153 (Monograph). SDO132.

<3> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1963 (Map). SWX1540.

(Centred at SY 66068854) Tumuli (NR) Tumulus (NR)

<4> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 471 (Monograph). SDO150.

'Possible bowl, 50ft. in diam and 3ft. high, has been disturbed.'

<5> Papworth, M, 1983, The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey, SDR 417 (Index). SDO12304.

Diameter 12.0m and ht. 0.3m. In a regularly ploughed field of ley pasture. 1/4/D

<6> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 3089-90 (Aerial Photograph). SDO11804.

<7> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010 (Unpublished document). SDO12407.

<8> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Externally held archive: RCH01/093 RCHME Inventory: Dorset II (South-East) (Unpublished document). SDO17434.

<9> National Record of the Historic Environment, 451879 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Sources/Archives (9)

  • <1> Unpublished document: Quinnell, N V. Various. Field Investigators Comments NVQ. F1 NVQ 14-JAN-55.
  • <2> Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 153.
  • <3> Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Map 6in. 6 inch to 1 mile. 1963.
  • <4> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3. 471.
  • <5> Index: Papworth, M. 1983. The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey. SDR 417.
  • <6> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 17-JAN-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1934 3089-90.
  • <7> Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010.
  • <8> Unpublished document: Royal Commission on Historic Monuments. Externally held archive: RCH01/093 RCHME Inventory: Dorset II (South-East).
  • <9> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 451879.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 6600 8848 (21m by 21m) (3 map features)
Map sheet SY68NE
Civil Parish Winterborne St Martin; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 131 136
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 68 NE 12
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 451879
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Winterborne St Martin 136

Record last edited

Jan 23 2025 1:01PM

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