Monument record MDO5236 - Bowl barrow on Houghton South Down, Winterborne Houghton

Bowl barrow (80920375) on the N. slope of the spur, is now an irregular flinty heap, thickly overgrown. Diam. about 18 ft., ht 1 ft., asymmetrical on slope. Barrow ? (81030372), on a S.E. slope, is an irregular mound, angular in profile and much disturbed. Diam. 40 ft., S.W. to N.E., 30 ft. N.W. to S.E., ht. 4 ft. <2>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey map 1:10,560, 1969 (Map). SDO18658.

(ST 80910375 and ST 81030372) Tumuli

<2> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 2, 298-299 (Monograph). SDO136.

<3> Historic England, Historic England Archive, RCH01/096 (Index). SDO14738.

RCHME Inventory: Dorset III (Central): A large collection of archive relating to the RCHME Dorset Inventory Volume III, published in 1970. It contains field surveys and excavation archive. Parish files containing original surveys have been given child collection status.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 205725 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Nov 29 2022 12:12PM