| Summary : A bowl barrow on Hog Hill, part of a cluster of barrows located west and northwest of Maiden Castle (SY 68 NE 7 and associated records). The barrow is listed by Grinsell as Winterborne St Martin 34 and by RCHME as Winterborne St Martin 136. In 1953, Grinsell described the mound as "almost gone". In 1980, the Ordnance Survey described the barrow as a ploughed down mound 12 metres in diameter and 0.3 metres high, with no visible traces of a surrounding ditch. The barrow is scheduled, and in contrast to the above description, the most recent schedule amendment implies that the mound is at least 23 metres in diameter and 0.5 metres high. The other barrows formerly recorded here have been recorded separately. See associated monument records for further details. |
More information : (Centred at SY 66068854) Tumuli (NR)
Tumulus (NR) (1)
A group of three barrows; all under pasture.
'A' SY 66008849. A bowl barrow; diameter 19.0m., height 0.5m.
The southern half is ploughed out and is visible only as a cropmark.
'B' SY 66108860. A probable bowl barrow, diameter 23.0m., height
0.4m. Badly shaped on hummocky ground.
'C' SY 66068850. A probable bowl barrow, diameter 19.0m., height
0.4m. well shaped. (2)
SY 66008848. ('A') Probable bowl barrow; diameter 50.0ft.,
height 3.0ft. Disturbed. (Grinsell described it as only 3 inches
high and almost destroyed. Neither Grinsell nor the R.C.H.M.
make any mention of barrows 'B' and 'C'). (3,4)
'A' SY 66008849. Bowl barrow, ploughed down. Diameter 12.0m.,
height 0.3m. No visible ditch.
'B' SY 66118860. Bowl barrow, in arable. Diameter 23.0m.,
height 0.3m. No visible ditch.
'C' SY 66088851. Bowl barrow, ploughed down. Diameter 16.0m.,
height 0.6m. No visible ditch.
Re-surveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. (5)
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