Monument record MDO5335 - Bowl barrow south west of Whitchurch Hill Barn, Winterborne Whitechurch

A bowl barrow situated on a broad ridge sloping to the south. In 1970 this monument was reported as being around 60 feet in diameter with a mound about one foot high, and heavily ploughed.

A bowl barrow. No dimensions given. <2>

A low spread mound, visible, but owing to crops not measurable. A bowl barrow. <3>

Bowl barrow (ST 85440045), just south of Whitchurch Hill Barn, at about 360ft OD on a broad ridge sloping south, has been very heavily ploughed. Diam. about 60ft ht. 1ft. <4>

ST 855004. Round barrow south west of Whitchurch Hill Barn. Scheduled. <5>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1902 (Map). SWX1540.

(ST 85440045) Tumulus

<2> Swatridge, G C, Various, Field Investigators Comments GCS, F1 GCS 06-OCT-54 (Unpublished document). SWX1169.

<2.1> Grinsell, L V, 1935-54, Dorset Barrows 1935-54 Manuscript (Unpublished document). SWX1556.

<3> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F2 NVQ 19-NOV-54 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<4> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 2, 314 (Monograph). SDO136.

‘(23) Bowl (85440045), just S. of Whitechurch Hill Barn, at about 360 ft. O.D. on a broad ridge sloping S., has been very heavily ploughed. Diam. about 60 ft., ht. 1 ft.’

<5> DOE, 1977, Scheduled Monument Notification DOE (IAM) AMs Eng 1977, 75 (Scheduling record). SDO17495.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 205655 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Oct 11 2024 2:34PM