Monument record MDO3314 - Bowl barrow, one of the Longlands Group, Winterbourne Abbas

Group of barrows at Longlands, including one possible bell, four in a rough alignment south west-north east along spine of spur, with possible long barrow at north east end. The three south west barrows are just above the 500 ft contour and the others above 400 ft. All damaged. Near foot of steep slope to north immediately south of the main road three further barrows at 60449020, 60519025 and 60559018 are shown on OS (1811) but there is now no sign of them.

`A` Bowl in Dry Wood, now only irregular rise about 9 ins high. <1> <3>

`A` SY 59978976. Tree covered bowl barrow; diameter 10.0m., height 0.6m. No visible ditch. Re-surveyed at 1:2500 on MSD. <4>

<1> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 82, 148 (Monograph). SDO132.

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

(`A` - SY 59988976; `B` - SY 60008977) 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.

'(43) Bowl (?) (59998977) in Dry Wood, now only irregular rise about 9 ins. high. '

<4> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<5> Papworth, M, 1983, The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey, SDR 145 (Index). SDO12304.

Dimensions as above. The mound, a low rise, has no visible ditch. In mixed woodland; 3 mature pines and 3 hazel saplings grow from this irregular mound. 1/3/C

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 Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010 (Unpublished document).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

<7> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Externally held archive: RCH01/093 RCHME Inventory: Dorset II (South-East) (Unpublished document). SDO17434.

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 452337 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Jan 23 2025 12:06PM