Waterston Ridge (Barrow / Cairn Cemetery) — The Modern Antiquarian

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Image of Waterston Ridge (Barrow / Cairn Cemetery) by formicaant

One of the eastern set of barrows, Puddletown 12.

Image credit: Mike Rowland 12/04/09

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Image of Waterston Ridge (Barrow / Cairn Cemetery) by formicaant

This very slight, virtually ploughed out barrow is a couple of hundred feet south of Puddletown 13 on the same alignment.

Image credit: Mike Rowland 12/04/09

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Image of Waterston Ridge (Barrow / Cairn Cemetery) by formicaant

One of the western barrows, Grinsell’s Puddletown 13.

Image credit: Mike Rowland 12/04/09

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Waterston Ridge

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery

formicaant Apr 14, 2009

This strung out barrow cemetery sits on and around a ridge of hills north-west of Dorchester. It is neatly split into east and west by the B3143 road to the Piddle valley to the north. Of the 8 or so barrows in the group the best preserved is Grinsell’s Puddletown 13 in the western part of the cemetery. Most of the rest in Grinsell’s book Dorset Barrows have been very much reduced by ploughing, the book having been published in the 1950’s.

Sites within 20km of Waterston Ridge

Fidler’s Green

Round Barrow(s) • 0.59km SW

1

1
Robins Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 1.41km ENE

1
Wolfeton Clump

Round Barrow(s) • 1.62km W

3

1
Wood Hill

Round Barrow(s) • 2.86km WSW

1

1
The Rainbarrows

Round Barrow(s) • 3.44km ESE

8

4
Puddletown Forest

Round Barrow(s) • 3.71km E

2

1
Poundbury Hillfort

Hillfort • 4.25km SW

24

10
Dorchester Palisaded Enclosure

Timber Circle • 4.28km SSW

3

1
Mount Pleasant

Henge • 4.58km S

2

4

1
Conquer Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 4.59km S

3

1

2
Flagstones

Enclosure • 4.64km S

2

2
Boswell’s Plantation

Round Barrow(s) • 4.65km ESE

2

1
Whitfield Farm

Long Barrow • 4.79km WSW

3

1

3
Frome Hill Barrows

Round Barrow(s) • 4.8km SSE

1
Whitfield

Round Barrow(s) • 4.9km SW

2

1
Maumbury Rings

Henge • 5km SSW

38

2

8
Conygar Hill

Round Barrow(s) • 5.71km S

8

4
Sandy Barrow (West Stafford)

Round Barrow(s) • 5.74km SE

1

2
Whitcombe Hill

Round Barrow(s) • 5.93km SSE

5

2
Furzey Down Road

Ancient Trackway • 6.3km W

1
Grimstone Down Barrows

Round Barrow(s) • 6.47km W

2
Grimstone Down

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 6.56km W

10

2
Herringston Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 6.57km SSW

2

2
Penn Hill

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 6.62km WSW

10

1
Lanceborough King Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 6.73km SW

12

3
Purlands Farm

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 7.16km SW

6

1
Smacam Down Long Barrow

Long Barrow • 7.19km WNW

1
Huck Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 7.22km ESE

2

2
Maiden Castle Bank Barrow

Bank Barrow • 7.24km SW

1
Maiden Castle Long Barrow

Long Barrow • 7.24km SW

3

2
Maiden Castle (Dorchester)

Hillfort • 7.27km SW

75

1

16

1
Smacam Down

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 7.29km WNW

2
Maiden Castle Round Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 7.47km SW

1

1
Whitcombe Barn

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 7.49km SSE

3

1
Mayne Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 7.59km SSE

1

4
Red Barn

Long Barrow • 7.6km WSW

1

2
Clandon Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 7.69km SW

7

1

2

2
Third Milestone Barrow Cemetery

Round Barrow(s) • 7.88km WSW

2
Lyscombe Hill

Dyke • 8.16km N

2

1
Cerne Abbas Giant

Hill Figure • 8.31km NW

14

2

12

29

2
The Trendle (Cerne Abbas)

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 8.31km NW

1

2
Rew Lane

Round Barrow(s) • 8.35km WSW

3

2
Winterborne St Martin Disc Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 8.39km WSW

1
Pallington Clump

Round Barrow(s) • 8.41km E

12

2
Fryer Mayne

Round Barrow(s) • 8.45km SE

1

2
Came Down Golf Club

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 8.5km SSW

11

1
Pigeon House

Long Barrow • 8.51km WSW

2
Giant’s Grave

Round Barrow(s) • 8.6km NE

2
Four Barrow Hill

Round Barrow(s) • 8.76km SW

7

2
Came Wood Long Barrow

Long Barrow • 8.85km S

6

2
The Wishing Stone

Standing Stone / Menhir • 8.98km WNW

4

3
Gould’s Hill Barrows

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 9.03km SSW

19

3
Came Wood

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 9.05km S

18

3
Broadmayne Bank Barrow

Bank Barrow • 9.05km S

33

3
Culliford Tree Barrow

Long Barrow • 9.15km S

5

1

4
Hog Cliff Hill

Round Barrow(s) • 9.15km W

1

2
Nettlecombe Tout

Hillfort • 9.18km NNE

5

3
Grove Hill

Round Barrow(s) • 9.18km SW

1

2
The Dorsetshire Gap

Ancient Trackway • 9.21km NNE

1
Pound Hill

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 9.43km WSW

2

2
Ridge Hill

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 9.52km SW

14

1
Ridgeway Hill

Round Barrow(s) • 9.53km SSW

3

1
Bincombe Down Long Barrow

Long Barrow • 9.53km S

3

1
Tinker’s Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 9.55km ESE

1
Bincombe Down

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 9.69km S

41

4
Weatherby Castle

Hillfort • 9.71km ENE

22

3
Tolpuddle Ball

Round Barrow(s) • 9.76km ENE

1

1
West Hill Barrows

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 9.79km S

3

2
East Hill Barrows

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 9.98km SSE

17

2
Peak End Hill

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 10.1km W

2

1
Great Hill Barrows

Round Barrow(s) • 10.16km SW

3

2
Cowleaze Barrows

Round Barrow(s) • 10.3km ENE

1

2
White Horse Hill

Round Barrow(s) • 10.37km SSE

3

2
Winterbourne Steepleton Cromlech

Dolmen / Quoit / Cromlech • 10.7km WSW

2

4
Tadnoll Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 10.73km ESE

2

2
The Nine Stones of Winterbourne Abbas

Stone Circle • 10.76km WSW

73

8

30

1
Double Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 10.76km ENE

2

2
Ridge Hill

Round Barrow(s) • 10.78km NW

1
Chalbury

Hillfort • 10.78km S

24

2
Windsbatch

Dyke • 10.85km SSW

3

3
Roke Down

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 11.09km ENE

2

1
Friar Waddon

Round Barrow(s) • 11.09km SW

6

2

1
Old Knowle

Round Barrow(s) • 11.1km ESE

9

2
Bronkham Hill

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 11.11km SW

17

4
Big Wood

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 11.51km WSW

17

1
Longlands

Round Barrow(s) • 11.51km WSW

2

3
Dead Woman’s Stone

Standing Stone / Menhir • 11.51km E

1
Poxwell

Cairn circle • 11.52km SE

5

5
Field Barn

Round Barrow(s) • 11.57km WSW

1

3
Sheep Down

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 11.61km WSW

3

3
Throop Clump

Round Barrow(s) • 11.64km E

2

1
Dogbury Hill

Hillfort • 11.73km NW

3

2
Deverel Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 11.76km ENE

13

7

2
Whitcombe Vale

Round Barrow(s) • 11.76km ESE

3

1
Owermoigne Down

Round Barrow(s) • 11.82km SE

6

2
Moigns Down

Round Barrow(s) • 11.85km SE

2

1
Norden Hill

Round Barrow(s) • 11.98km W

2
Black Down (Portesham)

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 12.01km SW

32

4
Three Barrow Clump

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 12.02km WSW

3

2
Sandy Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 12.06km SSE

2

1
The Broad Stone

Stone Circle • 12.08km WSW

12

1

7
Bere Down

Long Barrow • 12.16km ENE

5

3
Drove Hill

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 12.17km ESE

4

1
Sheep Down Long Barrow

Long Barrow • 12.2km WSW

3

3
Turner’s Puddle Heath

Round Barrow(s) • 12.25km E

2

1
Heather Cottage

Round Barrow(s) • 12.3km ESE

1

2
Sheep Down Enclosure

Enclosure • 12.43km WSW

4

1
Blacknoll Hill

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 12.44km ESE

6

2
Lord’s Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 12.48km ESE

3

2
South Down

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 12.54km SE

4

2
Rawlsbury

Hillfort • 12.65km NNE

40

4
Goggin’s Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 12.7km SSE

2

2
Portesham Standing Stones

Standing Stones • 12.71km SW

1
Little Bredy

Round Barrow(s) • 12.72km WSW

1

1
Winterbourne Poor Lot

Round Barrow(s) • 12.74km WSW

21

1

7

1
Black Hill

Round Barrow(s) • 12.76km E

8

4
The Castle (Cattistock)

Hillfort • 12.83km W

1

1
Bul Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 12.91km NNE

2
Valley of Stones Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 12.93km WSW

1
Five Marys

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 13km ESE

9

5
Wynford Eagle

Round Barrow(s) • 13.01km W

4

2
Hangman’s Rocks

Stone Circle • 13.03km WSW

1
The Hellstone

Dolmen / Quoit / Cromlech • 13.05km SW

84

1

3

15
Dungeon Hill

Hillfort • 13.06km NNW

12

2
The Valley of Stones

Natural Rock Feature • 13.17km WSW

25

8

1
Stand Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 13.24km ENE

1
Crow Hill

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 13.31km WSW

2

1
Kingston Russell Cursus

Cursus • 13.47km WSW

1
Hawke Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 13.49km ENE

1
Black Down (Kingston Russell)

Bank Barrow • 13.49km WSW

8

2
End Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 13.61km E

1
Portesham Hill Long Barrow

Long Barrow • 13.63km SW

2
Chaldon Herring

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 13.67km ESE

2

1
Old Warren

Hillfort • 13.92km WSW

4

2
Hampton Down

Stone Circle • 13.95km SW

38

10
The Helstone

Standing Stone / Menhir • 13.98km WSW

8

3
Martin’s Down Long Barrow

Long Barrow • 14km WSW

10

1
Long Bredy

Bank Barrow • 14.15km WSW

24

1

3

1
Muddox Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 14.3km ENE

1
North Barn Farm

Round Barrow(s) • 14.37km WSW

1

1
Barrow East of Two Gates

Round Barrow(s) • 14.38km WSW

2
Woodbury Hill

Hillfort • 14.55km ENE

7

3

1
The Grey Mare & Her Colts

Long Barrow • 14.57km WSW

47

13
Tenants Hill

Enclosure • 14.67km WSW

4

1
Rawles Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 14.74km ENE

1
Kingston Russell

Stone Circle • 14.76km WSW

82

2

17

1
Warren Heath

Round Barrow(s) • 14.79km E

1

1
Bishop’s Limekiln

Natural Rock Feature • 14.81km SW

3

1
Kingston Russell Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 15.03km WSW

4

1
Bolton’s Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 15.11km ENE

1
Ibberton Hill

Round Barrow(s) • 15.12km NE

1

1
Chaldon Down

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 15.14km SE

4

1
Broomhill and Bere Wood

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 15.16km ENE

2
Round Pound

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 15.35km ESE

2

2
Toller Porcorum Churchyard

Christianised Site • 15.39km W

2

2
Yon Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 15.39km E

1

2
Bush Barrow (Lulworth)

Round Barrow(s) • 15.41km ESE

2

2
Wardstone Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 15.53km ESE

1

2
West Compton Down

Burial Chamber • 15.57km WSW

2

4
White Hill Barrows

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 15.8km WSW

11

2
Two Gates

Round Barrow(s) • 16.07km WSW

2
Eggardon Barrows

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 16.27km WSW

9

4
Woodman’s Cross

Round Barrow(s) • 16.31km E

1

2
Bloxworth Down

Round Barrow(s) • 16.64km ENE

4

2
South Eggardon Farm

Round Barrow(s) • 16.7km WSW

1
Wears Hill

Round Barrow(s) • 16.7km WSW

5

2
Chapel Hill

Sacred Hill • 16.74km SW

10

2

1
Evershot

Standing Stone / Menhir • 16.75km WNW

4

2
Eggardon Hill

Hillfort • 16.75km W

24

2

18
Powerstock Common

Round Barrow(s) • 17.04km W

3

1
Ringmoor

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 17.12km NE

5

2
Abbotsbury Castle

Hillfort • 17.26km WSW

15

4
Pin Knoll

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 17.31km WSW

2
Askerswell

Dyke • 17.41km WSW

1

2
Hambury Tout

Round Barrow(s) • 17.62km ESE

3

1
Baylea Farm Barrow

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 18.04km E

3

2
Coombe Heath

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 18.1km ESE

8

3
Turnworth Down Round Barrows

Round Barrow(s) • 18.1km NE

2

2
Chilcombe Hill

Hillfort • 18.12km WSW

5

1
Tulk’s Hill

Round Barrow(s) • 18.16km WSW

9

1
Woolsbarrow

Hillfort • 18.24km E

7

3
Limekiln Hill

Round Barrow(s) • 18.3km WSW

2

2
Puncknowle

Round Barrow(s) • 18.69km WSW

3

1
Bindon Hill

Hillfort • 18.87km ESE

2

2
Banbury Hill

Hillfort • 19.14km NNE

5

1
Cold Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 19.39km ENE

1
Yetminster Stone

Standing Stone / Menhir • 19.56km WNW

3
Five Barrow Hill

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 19.58km E

3

2
Povington Heath twin-barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 19.89km E

1