Monument record MDO3407 - Double bowl barrow, one of the Pound Hill Group, Winterbourne Steepleton

A possible double bowl barrow with two internal mounds, surrounded by a continuous hour-glass shaped ditch and outer bank, is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs.

(Group Centred SY 62439083) Tumuli [NR] (five shown) (1)

'A' This long barrow is orientated NW-SE; its long axis measures 46.0m, its short axis 27.0m. It is 0.4m high at the N end and 1.1m high at the S end. There are no visible side ditches, and the barrow is at present under the plough.

Group of five barrows on Pound Hill: 'A' -(Winterbourne Steepleton No 60) - SY 62529081. Ditched double bowl barrow with mounds 72ft and 45ft in diameter and 1 1/2ft and 1ft high respectively. Both were surrounded by a continuous hour-glass shaped ditch visible on air photograph (a). Now ploughed almost flat. Listed by Grinsell under 'Long Barrows' and also 'Twin Bowl-Barrows', the latter type he described as being the more probable. (3,4)

'A' - SY 62529081. Long Barrow [NR] (site of) [NAT]. (5)

'A' SY 625908. Long Barrow on Pound Hill. Scheduled No 36

A: SY 62539081. A mound, smoothed and reduced by ploughing, measuring approximately 35.0 by 20.0 metres and with a maximum height of 0.8 metres. It is oriented W.N.W. to E.S.E Classification as a twin bowl can be confirmed by the OS air photographs, which shows the cropmark of the hour-glass ditch, and the western barrow to have been 32 metres diameter overall, and the eastern one 26 metres in diameter. Re-surveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. (7)

Two further barrows are recorded at SY 6243 9084, diameter 10-12m, and SY 6248 9082, similar dimensions, on Pound Hill. (The former appears to coincide with the position of 'E' as recorded by Auth 3) A flint axe, of a type rare in Wessex, and other flintwork, were found unstratified on the SE side of the second barrow. Their derivation is unknown. (8)

Two additional barrows are recorded by Grinsell at SY 6259 9087 (ca 70 ft across) and SY 6265 9085 (similar size). (9)

A possible double bowl barrow with two internal mounds, surrounded by a continuous hour-glass shaped ditch and outer bank, is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. Alternatively it could be the site of a re-used or adopted Neolithic long barrow. {1}

Ditched double bowl, 72ft. And 45ft. In diam and 1.5ft. And 1ft. High. Both are surrounded by continuous hour-glassed shaped ditch. (RCHM)

National Record of the Historic Environment, 453632 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F2 JGB 10-APR-81 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 31-DEC-54 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<1> 04-AUG-1995, NMR SY 6290/2 (15372/31) (Aerial Photograph). SDO11135.

<1> 14-FEB-2005, NMR SY 6290/9 (23794/02) (Aerial Photograph). SDO11134.

<1> 04-AUG-1995, NMR SY 6290/6 (15344/17) (Aerial Photograph). SDO11133.

<1> 05-MAY-1989, NMR OS/89137 463-6 (Aerial Photograph). SDO11137.

<1> 14-JUL-1948, CUCAP (BJ6) (Aerial Photograph). SDO11136.

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 473 (Monograph). SDO150.

<3> Papworth, M, 1983, The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey, SDR 242 (Index). SDO12304.

Maximum 0.8m high. Confirmed twin bowl by OS Aps. Twin mounds have merged to become a single elongated low rise. Cultivated. 1/4/D

<4> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010 (Unpublished document). SDO12407.

Record last edited

Jan 8 2024 4:17PM