Summary : A group of 6 bowl barrows located at Rew, listed by Grinsell as Winterborne St Martin 2, 2a, 3, 3a, 4 and 5, and by RCHME as Winterborne St Martin 108-113. All were previously described as part of this record (see description) but have now been recorded individually (see associated monument records). According to RCHME, 2 of these barrows (including SY 69 SW 50) were excavated in 1839-40 by Sydenham. One is Grinsell's Winterborne St Martin 5a and Winterborne Steepleton 4c. In fact, as Grinsell has noted, the latter cannot be part of this group if Sydenham's locational information is accurate (it is Sydenham's number 5). Grinsell instead regards all of his Winterborne St Martin 5a-c as probably being identifiable with any of the Rew group (again including SY 69 SW 50, a little to the south) whereas RCHME suggest that 5b (SY 69 SW 91) and 5c (SY 69 SW 90) probably fall within the nearby "Third Milestone Group" (see SY 69 SW 51 and associated records). |
More information : (Centred SY 637903) Tumuli (NR) (five shown). (1) The Rew Group of round barrows and mounds consist of: `A' - (108). Mound, possible bowl barrow (SY 63659029). Ploughed almost flat. `B' - (109). Mound, possible bowl barrow (SY 63699032). Ploughed almost flat. `C' - (110). Bowl (?) barrow (SY 63679034). Ploughed almost flat. `D' - (111). Disc (?) barrow (SY 63699036) with diameter of mound about 40 ft and ditch-circle about 80 ft diameter. Visible air photographs (RAF/CPE/UK/1934 5091). Ploughed almost flat on ground. `E' - (112). Bowl barrow (SY 63699039), 64ft diameter and 6.5ft high. Excavated on top. `F' - (113). Bowl barrow (SY 63669041), 64ft diameter and 6.5ft high. Dug into. (See SY 69 SW 72 for possible excavations of some of these barrows). (2,3) "SY 636904. Two round barrows at Rew. Scheduled No 348". (Presumably barrows `E' and `F'). (4) `A'. SY 63649030. Probable bowl barrow; diameter 17.0 metres, height 0.4 metres. No visible ditch. `B'. Not found, apparently ploughed out. `C'. SY 63669034. Bowl (?) barrow, diameter 14.0 metres, height 0.5 metres. No visible ditch. `D'. SY 63689036. Disc barrow, diameter of mound 14.0 metres, height 0.5 metres, diameter of top of outer bank 30.0 metres. Outer bank visible on south and east only. `E'. SY 63699039. Bowl barrow, diameter 20.0 metres, height 2.0 metres not ploughed. No visible ditch. `F'. SY 63669041. Bowl barrow, diameter 21.0 metres, height 2.1 metres, not ploughed. There are faint and unsurveyable traces of a ditch. `A', `C', `D', `E' and `F' resurveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D., `B' deleted. (5)
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