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<< Our Photo Pages >> Upwey Ridgeway - Barrow Cemetery in England in Dorset

Submitted by TimPrevett on Saturday, 10 July 2010  Page Views: 13025

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Upwey Ridgeway
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.2 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Dorset Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Dorchester  Nearest Village: Winterborne Monkton
Map Ref: SY66298659  Landranger Map Number: 194
Latitude: 50.677986N  Longitude: 2.478463W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
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 4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
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2co-ordinates of the nearest village
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DJJ visited on 1st Apr 2020 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 1 Excellent example of a disc barrow with beautiful bank and ditch. Unfortunately, the far-eastern side has been plowed. There should really be strong penalties against this vandalism.

DJJ visited on 1st Apr 2020 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 1 Excellent example of a disc barrow with beautiful bank and ditch. Unfortunately, the far-eastern side has been plowed. There should really be strong penalties against this vandalism.

DJJ visited on 1st Apr 2020 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 1 Excellent example of a disc barrow with beautiful bank and ditch. Unfortunately, the far-eastern side has been plowed. There should really be strong penalties against this vandalism.

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Upwey Ridgeway Barrow Cemetery
Upwey Ridgeway Barrow Cemetery submitted by TimPrevett : Upwey Ridgeway Barrow Cemetery (SY663866) This is taken from the Bincombe Barrows, at sunset on 31st October 2003. A breathtaking location. The barrows for this are not obvious, but looking west from where I was, this was the most obtrusive barrow I could locate, with the wonderfully atmospheric view. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Barrow Cemetery in Dorset

Note: South Dorset Ridgeway Festival - Upwey Events on July 25th 2010, also Archaeology of the South Dorset Ridgeway Symposeum on the 17th
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Upwey Ridgeway
Upwey Ridgeway submitted by h_fenton : Upwey Disc Barrow (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

Upwey Ridgeway
Upwey Ridgeway submitted by mattimpey : Two barrows situated alongside the coastal path. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Upwey Ridgeway
Upwey Ridgeway submitted by TimPrevett : Going, going, gone. Three barrows in a line, all progressively (should that be regressively?) disappearing. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Upwey Ridgeway submitted by TimPrevett : A small barrow to the north of Upwey Ridgeway. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Upwey Ridgeway
Upwey Ridgeway submitted by mattimpey : Two of the barrows situated close together. Question: Have archeologists ever discovered if the buried people are related?

Upwey Ridgeway
Upwey Ridgeway submitted by mattimpey

Upwey Ridgeway
Upwey Ridgeway submitted by mattimpey : Some of the barrows are situated alongside the coastal path and are still prominant.

Upwey Ridgeway
Upwey Ridgeway submitted by mattimpey : One of the many Barrows of Upwey Ridgeway with Maiden Castle in the background.

Upwey Ridgeway
Upwey Ridgeway submitted by TimPrevett : Most of the barrows here seem to be considerably worn down by ploughing, but are still numerous enough, and easy to spot as prominent ridges.

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Ridgeway Uncovered – The Archaeology of the South Dorset Ridgeway, Sat 17 July by Andy B on Saturday, 10 July 2010
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Ridgeway Uncovered – The Archaeology of the South Dorset Ridgeway

Sat 17 July 09.30–16.00

A one day symposium led by archaeologists who have undertaken recent work on the South Dorset ridgeway – an ancient ceremonial landscape. …

The South Dorset ridgeway is a unique landscape with over 500 historic monuments along its length. Recent work includes the study Neolithic long barrows and Bronze Age Round Barrows, the astounding finds associated with road development and the extra-ordinary results of the National Mapping Programme Project. Speakers will include Peter Woodward from Dorset County Museum, John Gale from Bournemouth University, Hazel Riley, Andy Young from Cornwall County Council, David Score from Oxford Archaeology and Paul White from Wessex Archaeology. It should be an interesting and enlightening day, funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund.

Location: Weymouth College Theatre, Cranford Avenue, Weymouth.

O: Dorset AONB Partnership
N: Sarah Harbige
T: 07500 783851
E: dorsetaonb@dorsetcc.gov.uk
W: http://www.dorsetaonb.org.uk

Festival of British Archaeology 2010
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South Dorset Ridgeway Festival - Upwey Events on July 25th 2010 by Andy B on Saturday, 10 July 2010
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The normally sleepy village of Upwey will be alive with activities on Sunday 25th July this year, as events happily converge to provide sociable entertainment for the villagers and their guests.

It is the final day of the Summer Craft Show in the Old School Village Hall, featuring the
drawing of the raffle for the splendid collection of craft prizes – with the star prize being a
locally made quilt. The show is a wonderful display of local crafting talent, with a wide variety of items for sale, from textiles to wood and pottery. The show starts on Saturday 17th July and there will be daily demonstrations and some chances for having a go at the crafts, such as making pottery beakers in the style of the Bronze Age.

The South Dorset Ridgeway Festival is in full swing, details can be found on the website of the Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, who are running the Festival. Starting in the morning there is a great opportunity to do a sponsored walk or run along the beautiful Ridgeway from Osmington Mills to West Bexington – or Gould's Hill for those wanting a shorter route. The British Heart Foundation are benefiting from the sponsorships and are very happy to provide walkers with bus travel to the start and back from the finish, from either Weymouth and Dorchester. For more information visit http://www.bhf.org.uk/ridgewaychallenge or call Leah on 01892 893918

The Ancient Wessex Network are staging a display of art, craft and archaeology in a field on top of the Ridgeway, between Gould's Hill and the main Weymouth to Dorchester road. Visitors are encouraged to walk up from the village, either up the Roman Road past the Ship Inn or up from the Wishing Well area. There is almost no car parking space available, the Gould's Hill lay-by can be used to drop off people unable to climb the hill, but there is no safe place to stop on the main road, due to the works. This event follows on from the similar festival at Maiden Castle last September. There will be displays of art inspired by the landscape and demonstrations of ancient skills, such as pottery, carving and metal work – including a bonfire firing of beakers and urns made at the hall during the week and casting of bronze and pewter.

Visitors can try their hand at some of the activities. Light refreshments will be available.
In the late afternoon between 4pm and 6pm, the Upwey Society is inviting villagers and their young guests to bring a Picnic to Gould's Bottom, the community area near the turning the Friar Waddon.

At 6pm the famous local Nurdlers will be gathering at the Old Ship Inn for a midsummer
exhibition nurdling tourney. They will set off up the Roman Road and along the top of the Ridgeway, hurdling, fending and grouting their nurdles as they go! This is not really a spectator event, but their progress can be witnessed from the site of the Ancient Wessex Group, both coming and going, from about 7pm.

Then to round off the day, there is a celebration on the hill top, with a bar, live music and feasting with a Hog Roast served at 8pm. Reservations can be made for meals both during the Craft Show and by visiting the website http://www.ancientwessex.net – which also gives more information about the events.

Yours faithfully
Bill Crumbleholme
Ancient Wessex Network
http://www.ancientwessex.net
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Re: Olympic Builders Unearth Iron Age War Grave by MikeAitch on Friday, 12 June 2009
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Olympic Builders Unearth Iron Age War Grave by Andy B on Friday, 12 June 2009
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A 2,000-year-old mass war grave crammed with up to 50 headless bodies has been uncovered by workers building a road for the 2012 Olympics.

The Iron Age victims are thought to have been slaughtered by the invading Romans in about 43AD.

The ancient burial pit was discovered on Ridgeway Hill near Weymouth, Dorset, close to Maiden Castle, Europe's largest Iron Age hill fort.

The site is being dug to make way for the so-called Olympic Highway, an £87m relief road for the 2012 Olympics.

Dave Score, project manager for Oxford Archaeology, which is managing the dig, said it was a "remarkable and exciting" discovery.

He said: "We have counted 45 skulls so far, these are in one section of the pit, and several torsos and leg bones in separate sections of the pit."

Archaeologists are waiting to carry out radio-carbon testing on the remains but believe the skeletons were local men, killed by Roman soldiers.

The burial pit is around six metres in diameter.

All of the bodies inside had been decapitated and some had their limbs cut off.

Mr Score said: "At the moment we don't fully understand how or why the remains have come to be deposited in the pit.

"But it is clear some kind of catastrophic event such as a major conflict or mass execution has taken place and this is a war grave of some kind.

"The heads have been removed and other body parts have been chopped up. We don't yet know if this was before or after death or was some kind of ritual."

Maiden Castle is where a local Celtic tribe staged its last stand against General Vespasian and his Roman legion.

Mr Score said it was unlikely the victims were Roman as there were no hobnails from shoes or other artefacts archaeologists would normally expect.

"It is rare to find a burial site like this one," he said.

"A pit like that with so many bodies and treated in that way and all piled up in one is very unusual.

"There are lots of different types of burial where skeletons may be aligned along a compass axis or in a crouched position, but to find something like this is just incredible."

The skeletons will be recorded and taken to Oxford for analysis.

Archaelogical finds from the relief road project will eventually be displayed at Dorset County Museum.

Dorset Country Council urged visitors to stay away from the works which is under 24-hour security.

Weymouth and Portland will host all the sailing events at the 2012 Olympics.

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