Monument record MDO46293 - Bowl Barrow, one of Black Down Group, Winterbourne Steepleton

A mound recorded close to probable Bronze Age bowl barrow, but since destroyed. The proximity of the mound to the barrow had led to the suggestion that it represented spoil from the excavation of the bowl barrow mound, which has been extensively disturbed by digging. By the time of Ordnance Survey field investigation in 1954, the mound had gone, presumably destroyed by gravel digging, making any firm decision as to its precise nature impossible.

There is now no trace of this mound, which has presumably been destroyed by gravel digging. It may have been a spoil heap from excavation of the barrow MDO3366. <1>

SY 6114 8767. <3>

SY 6113 8776. Destroyed. <5>

<1> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 24-MAR-1954 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<2> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 156 (Monograph). SDO132.

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

<4> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 449 (Monograph). SDO150.

'Black Down Group (SY 68 NW). Ten barrows, including one bell, on gravel-capped heath around Hardy Monument above 700 ft. … Winterbourne Steepleton: … (19) Bowl (61148766) 205 yds. S.E. of (18). Diam. 42 ft., ht. 3 ft. Much damaged by digging, with probable spoil on N.W.'

<5> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F2 JGB 07-APR-1980 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<6> Papworth, M, 1983, The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey, SDR 203 (Index). SDO12304.

Site in an area mutilated by quarrying, a pit marks the one time location of this mound. 7/7/E

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 Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010 (Unpublished document).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

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1175518 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

May 22 2023 11:04AM