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Monument Number 451943

Hob Uid: 451943
Location :
Dorset
Winterborne St. Martin
Grid Ref : SY6642088770
Summary : A bowl barrow, one of a group located immediately northwest of Maiden Castle (SY 68 NE 7), only just outside the ramparts. The barrow is listed by Grinsell as Winterborne St Martin 34a and by RCHME as Winterborne St Martin 139. RCHME recorded it as 50 feet in diameter and 2 feet high. In 1980 the Ordnance Survey recorded it as a mound 14 metres in diameter and 0.4 metres high, with no visible traces of a surrounding ditch. Scheduled. The other barrows formerly recorded here have now been recorded separately (see associated monument records for further details).
More information : ('A' - SY 66448875; 'B' - SY 66438871; 'C' -
SY 66438869 Tumuli (NR) (1)

'A'. Bowl barrow about 50 feet diameter by 2 feet high.

'C' Bowl barrow 50 feet diameter by 1 1/2 feet high, on the
summit of the col connecting Hog Hill and Maiden Castle.
(R.C.H.M. and Grinsell suggest that this is a barrow opened
before 1843 by John Sydenham (his No.7). If so, all these
barrows may belong to a group excavated by him. See SY 68 NE102). (2-3)

'A' SY 66428877. Bowl barrow in arable; ploughed. Diameter
14.0m., height 0.4m. No visible ditch.

'B'. No visible remains.

'C'. SY 66438869. Bowl barrow in arable; ploughed. Diameter
15.0m., height 0.6m. No visible ditch.

Re-surveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. (4)
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Monument Types:
Monument Period Name : Bronze Age
Display Date : Bronze Age
Monument End Date : -700
Monument Start Date : -2600
Monument Type : Bowl Barrow
Evidence : Earthwork
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Dorset)
External Cross Reference Number : 169A
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Dorset)
External Cross Reference Number : 169B
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Dorset)
External Cross Reference Number : 169C
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 28332
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SY 68 NE 30
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Relationship type : General association
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Related Activities :
Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1800-01-01
End Date : 1899-12-31
Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1800-01-01
End Date : 1899-12-31
Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1800-01-01
End Date : 1899-12-31
Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1800-01-01
End Date : 1899-12-31
Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1980-05-21
End Date : 1980-05-21