Grimstone Down Barrows

Round Barrow(s)
SY64619560

Nearest town:

Dorchester (7km ESE)

OS reference:

SY64619560

OS sheet:

194

Latitude:

50° 45' 29.91 N

Longitude:

2° 30' 6.47 W

Added to TMA by

Chance

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Grimstone Down Barrows

Round Barrow(s)

Chance May 28, 2014

Details of one barrow on Pastscape – Monument No. 1457331

A Bronze Age bowl barrow on Grimstone Down. It is part of a barrow cemetery comprising eight barrows and survives as an elongated earthwork measuring 17 metres northeast-southwest by 12.8 metres northwest to southeast and about 1.6 metres high. The barrow is listed as Stratton Number 4 by Grinsell (1959), Barrow Number 15a by RCHME (1952) and as Barrow F by the Ordnance Survey.

Grimstone Down Barrows

Round Barrow(s)

Chance May 28, 2014

Details of one barrow on Pastscape – Monument No. 453207

A Bronze Age barrow, possibly a bowl barrow, on Grimstone Down. It is part of a barrow cemetery comprising eight barrows and survives as an earthwork up to 0.4 metres high, surrounded by a ditch 2 metres wide by 0.2 metres deep. The barrow is listed as Barrow Number 15b by RCHME (1952) and as Barrow H by the Ordnance Survey. It was not recorded by Grinsell (1959).

Sites within 20km of Grimstone Down Barrows

Grimstone Down

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 0.15km SW

10

2
Furzey Down Road

Ancient Trackway • 1.96km NNE

1
Hog Cliff Hill

Round Barrow(s) • 2.73km W

1

2
Penn Hill

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 3.2km SSE

10

1
Red Barn

Long Barrow • 3.42km SSW

1

2
Pigeon House

Long Barrow • 3.64km SSW

2
Wood Hill

Round Barrow(s) • 3.78km E

1

1
Smacam Down

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 3.92km N

2
Smacam Down Long Barrow

Long Barrow • 3.95km NNE

1
Whitfield Farm

Long Barrow • 4.26km ESE

3

1

3
Peak End Hill

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 4.72km NW

2

1
Whitfield

Round Barrow(s) • 4.79km SE

2

1
Wolfeton Clump

Round Barrow(s) • 4.87km E

3

1
The Wishing Stone

Standing Stone / Menhir • 5.2km NNW

4

3
Purlands Farm

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 5.22km SSE

6

1
Rew Lane

Round Barrow(s) • 5.28km S

3

2
Third Milestone Barrow Cemetery

Round Barrow(s) • 5.31km S

2
Winterborne St Martin Disc Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 5.32km S

1
Pound Hill

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 5.32km SSW

2

2
Poundbury Hillfort

Hillfort • 5.73km ESE

24

10
Norden Hill

Round Barrow(s) • 5.9km WNW

2
Fidler’s Green

Round Barrow(s) • 6.13km E

1

1
Field Barn

Round Barrow(s) • 6.15km SW

1

3
The Nine Stones of Winterbourne Abbas

Stone Circle • 6.25km SW

73

8

30

1
Cerne Abbas Giant

Hill Figure • 6.35km NNE

14

2

12

29

2
The Trendle (Cerne Abbas)

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 6.35km NNE

1

2
Waterston Ridge

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 6.47km E

3

1
Wynford Eagle

Round Barrow(s) • 6.59km WSW

4

2
Lanceborough King Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 6.63km SE

12

3
Clandon Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 6.67km SSE

7

1

2

2
Winterbourne Steepleton Cromlech

Dolmen / Quoit / Cromlech • 6.71km SSW

2

4
Dorchester Palisaded Enclosure

Timber Circle • 6.77km ESE

3

1
The Castle (Cattistock)

Hillfort • 6.85km WNW

1

1
Maiden Castle Long Barrow

Long Barrow • 7.06km SE

3

2
Grove Hill

Round Barrow(s) • 7.11km S

1

2
Maumbury Rings

Henge • 7.18km ESE

38

2

8
The Broad Stone

Stone Circle • 7.21km SW

12

1

7
Three Barrow Clump

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 7.21km SW

3

2
Big Wood

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 7.29km SW

17

1
Longlands

Round Barrow(s) • 7.29km SW

2

3
Maiden Castle Round Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 7.44km SE

1

1
Maiden Castle Bank Barrow

Bank Barrow • 7.46km SE

1
Maiden Castle (Dorchester)

Hillfort • 7.58km SE

75

1

16

1
Winterbourne Poor Lot

Round Barrow(s) • 7.58km SW

21

1

7

1
Four Barrow Hill

Round Barrow(s) • 7.61km SSE

7

2
Sheep Down

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 7.63km SSW

3

3
Hangman’s Rocks

Stone Circle • 7.67km SW

1
Robins Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 7.84km E

1
Kingston Russell Cursus

Cursus • 8km SW

1
Flagstones

Enclosure • 8.04km ESE

2

2
Herringston Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 8.17km SE

2

2
Little Bredy

Round Barrow(s) • 8.18km SW

1

1
Barrow East of Two Gates

Round Barrow(s) • 8.25km WSW

2
Black Down (Kingston Russell)

Bank Barrow • 8.31km SW

8

2
Conquer Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 8.32km ESE

3

1

2
Sheep Down Long Barrow

Long Barrow • 8.33km SSW

3

3
The Helstone

Standing Stone / Menhir • 8.36km WSW

8

3
Conygar Hill

Round Barrow(s) • 8.46km ESE

8

4
Mount Pleasant

Henge • 8.47km ESE

2

4

1
Great Hill Barrows

Round Barrow(s) • 8.52km S

3

2
Martin’s Down Long Barrow

Long Barrow • 8.53km WSW

10

1
Bronkham Hill

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 8.56km S

17

4
Long Bredy

Bank Barrow • 8.6km WSW

24

1

3

1
Sheep Down Enclosure

Enclosure • 8.66km SSW

4

1
North Barn Farm

Round Barrow(s) • 8.73km WSW

1

1
Valley of Stones Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 8.73km SW

1
Black Down (Portesham)

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 8.78km SSW

32

4
Toller Porcorum Churchyard

Christianised Site • 8.94km W

2

2
Ridge Hill

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 8.94km SSE

14

1
Frome Hill Barrows

Round Barrow(s) • 9.03km ESE

1
Gould’s Hill Barrows

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 9.07km SSE

19

3
Crow Hill

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 9.28km SW

2

1
West Compton Down

Burial Chamber • 9.35km WSW

2

4
The Valley of Stones

Natural Rock Feature • 9.41km SSW

25

8

1
Old Warren

Hillfort • 9.42km SW

4

2
Portesham Standing Stones

Standing Stones • 9.43km SSW

1
The Rainbarrows

Round Barrow(s) • 9.47km E

8

4
Ridge Hill

Round Barrow(s) • 9.64km NNE

1
Dogbury Hill

Hillfort • 9.72km N

3

2
The Hellstone

Dolmen / Quoit / Cromlech • 9.79km SSW

84

1

3

15
Two Gates

Round Barrow(s) • 9.82km WSW

2
Eggardon Barrows

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 9.95km WSW

9

4
Ridgeway Hill

Round Barrow(s) • 9.95km SSE

3

1
Whitcombe Hill

Round Barrow(s) • 10.01km ESE

5

2
Portesham Hill Long Barrow

Long Barrow • 10.02km SSW

2
Puddletown Forest

Round Barrow(s) • 10.11km E

2

1
Tenants Hill

Enclosure • 10.11km SW

4

1
Came Down Golf Club

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 10.15km SE

11

1
Friar Waddon

Round Barrow(s) • 10.19km SSE

6

2

1
Kingston Russell

Stone Circle • 10.34km SW

82

2

17

1
Eggardon Hill

Hillfort • 10.41km WSW

24

2

18
Sandy Barrow (West Stafford)

Round Barrow(s) • 10.42km ESE

1

2
Kingston Russell Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 10.42km SW

4

1
Hampton Down

Stone Circle • 10.46km SSW

38

10
South Eggardon Farm

Round Barrow(s) • 10.47km WSW

1
The Grey Mare & Her Colts

Long Barrow • 10.51km SW

47

13
Powerstock Common

Round Barrow(s) • 10.57km W

3

1
Windsbatch

Dyke • 10.65km SSE

3

3
Whitcombe Barn

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 10.71km ESE

3

1
Boswell’s Plantation

Round Barrow(s) • 10.71km E

2

1
Lyscombe Hill

Dyke • 10.78km NE

2

1
Bincombe Down Long Barrow

Long Barrow • 11.2km SE

3

1
Came Wood Long Barrow

Long Barrow • 11.21km SE

6

2
Bishop’s Limekiln

Natural Rock Feature • 11.24km SSW

3

1
Came Wood

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 11.39km SE

18

3
Broadmayne Bank Barrow

Bank Barrow • 11.39km SE

33

3
Askerswell

Dyke • 11.42km WSW

1

2
Evershot

Standing Stone / Menhir • 11.42km WNW

4

2
Bincombe Down

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 11.46km SE

41

4
Culliford Tree Barrow

Long Barrow • 11.48km SE

5

1

4
Mayne Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 11.52km ESE

1

4
Pin Knoll

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 11.65km WSW

2
White Hill Barrows

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 11.77km SW

11

2
Nettlecombe Tout

Hillfort • 11.81km NE

5

3
Chilcombe Hill

Hillfort • 12.12km WSW

5

1
The Dorsetshire Gap

Ancient Trackway • 12.23km NE

1
West Hill Barrows

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 12.37km SE

3

2
Wears Hill

Round Barrow(s) • 12.38km SW

5

2
Huck Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 12.56km ESE

2

2
Dungeon Hill

Hillfort • 12.58km NNE

12

2
Giant’s Grave

Round Barrow(s) • 12.62km ENE

2
Abbotsbury Castle

Hillfort • 12.71km SW

15

4
Chalbury

Hillfort • 12.76km SE

24

2
Fryer Mayne

Round Barrow(s) • 12.77km ESE

1

2
East Hill Barrows

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 12.79km SE

17

2
Chapel Hill

Sacred Hill • 13.02km SW

10

2

1
Tulk’s Hill

Round Barrow(s) • 13.37km SW

9

1
Limekiln Hill

Round Barrow(s) • 13.46km SW

2

2
Puncknowle

Round Barrow(s) • 13.55km SW

3

1
Burcombe Hill

Hillfort • 13.77km W

1

1
White Horse Hill

Round Barrow(s) • 13.8km ESE

3

2
Shipton Hill

Hillfort • 14.2km WSW

8

2
Hammiton Hill

Round Barrow(s) • 14.24km WSW

3

1
Pallington Clump

Round Barrow(s) • 14.86km E

12

2
Shipton Gorge

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 14.99km WSW

3

1
Tinker’s Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 15.34km E

1
Sandy Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 15.47km ESE

2

1
Yetminster Stone

Standing Stone / Menhir • 15.52km NW

3
Poxwell

Cairn circle • 15.6km ESE

5

5
Rawlsbury

Hillfort • 15.78km NE

40

4
Weatherby Castle

Hillfort • 15.95km ENE

22

3
Corscombe

Standing Stones • 16.06km WNW

6

2
Goggin’s Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 16.13km ESE

2

2
Tolpuddle Ball

Round Barrow(s) • 16.16km E

1

1
Bul Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 16.36km NE

2
Moigns Down

Round Barrow(s) • 16.39km ESE

2

1
Bradpole

Round Barrow(s) • 16.42km WSW

1

1
Cowleaze Barrows

Round Barrow(s) • 16.47km ENE

1

2
Bind Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 16.57km WSW

2

3
Owermoigne Down

Round Barrow(s) • 16.58km ESE

6

2
South Down

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 16.61km ESE

4

2
Tadnoll Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 16.61km E

2

2
Old Knowle

Round Barrow(s) • 17.12km E

9

2
Double Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 17.16km E

2

2
North Hill

Round Barrow(s) • 17.29km WSW

1

1
Roke Down

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 17.31km ENE

2

1
Lord’s Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 17.53km ESE

3

2
Deverel Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 17.56km ENE

13

7

2
Whitcombe Vale

Round Barrow(s) • 17.79km E

3

1
Dead Woman’s Stone

Standing Stone / Menhir • 17.97km E

1
Drove Hill

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 18.01km E

4

1
Throop Clump

Round Barrow(s) • 18.11km E

2

1
Bere Down

Long Barrow • 18.3km ENE

5

3
Blacknoll Hill

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 18.31km E

6

2
Five Marys

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 18.32km ESE

9

5
Heather Cottage

Round Barrow(s) • 18.41km E

1

2
Ibberton Hill

Round Barrow(s) • 18.6km NE

1

1
Turner’s Puddle Heath

Round Barrow(s) • 18.69km E

2

1
Chaldon Herring

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 18.93km ESE

2

1
Black Hill

Round Barrow(s) • 19.19km E

8

4
Stand Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 19.59km E

1
Hawke Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 19.69km ENE

1
Chaldon Down

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 19.83km ESE

4

1