Grove Hill

Round Barrow(s)
SY6400788512

Also known as:

Monument No. 452451 and Sherf Barrows

Nearest town:

Dorchester (5km ENE)

OS reference:

SY6400788512

OS sheet:

194

Latitude:

50° 41' 40.3 N

Longitude:

2° 30' 34.76 W

Added to TMA by

formicaant

Images (1)
Fieldnotes (1)
Miscellaneous (1)

Images

Image of Grove Hill (Round Barrow(s)) by formicaant

Three barrows on Grove Hill from the A35 near Dorchester.

Image credit: Mike Rowland 19/09/09

formicaant Sep 19, 2009

Articles

Grove Hill

Round Barrow(s)

formicaant Sep 19, 2009

This group of three bowl barrows lay on a north facing hillslope to the south of the village of Winterbourne St Martin or Martinstown. The barrows are close to the buildings which are a dairy. The other barrows in the photo are further away on Ridge hill.

Grove Hill

Round Barrow(s)

Chance May 28, 2014

Details of barrows on Pastscape

(Centred at SY 640885) Tumulus (NR) Tumuli (NR) (1) Three bowl barrows form a west-east line along the crest of Grove Hill about 1 mile north of the Ridgeway, though visible from it. All have been ploughed and are now of indefinite diameter,
though at least 70 ft. Two (’A’, ‘B’) were called ‘Sherf Barrows’ on I Taylor’s Estate Map of c 1770 when both lay in an area of former open fields and were surrounded by square enclosures (cf SY 68 NW 15).
‘A’ (63888849). Ht 2 1/2 ft.
‘B’ (63918849). Immediately adjacent on east-north-east of ‘A’. Ht 1 1/2 ft.
‘C’ (64128852). 230 yds east of ‘B’. Ht 4 ft. (2-3)
‘A’ SY 63878849. Bowl barrow, diameter 31.0m., height 1.3m.
‘B’ SY 63908849. Bowl barrow, diameter 29.0m. height 1.0m.
‘C’ SY 64118851. Bowl barrow, well-preserved, diameter 40.0m., height 1.8.
All are in arable, and none has any visible evidence of a ditch.

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