Monument record MDO46419 - Probable Bronze Age bowl barrow, Furze Hill, Morden

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Summary

A probable Bronze Age bowl barrow is visible as a ring ditch cropmark on a 2001 aerial photograph. The feature is the southwesternmost of a short linear arrangement of three barrows, part of a larger barrow group. It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

A ring ditch visible as cropmarks on air photographs taken on July 25th 2001. It lies among a group of extant, if denuded, mounds, some of which are scheduled (see associated monuments). The cropmark comprises a dark circular area 15 metres in diameter surrounded by a ditch up to 28 metres in diameter. Among the scatter of barrows, it forms a short linear group. <1>

A probable Bronze Age bowl barrow is visible as a ring ditch cropmark on a 2001 aerial photograph <2>. The feature is 25m in diameter at its outer measurement and forms the southwesternmost of a short linear arrangement of three barrows, part of a larger barrow group. It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.


<1> National Monuments Record, 25-JUL-2001, NMR 21352/11 SY 9198/1 (Aerial Photograph). SDO20069.

<2> National Monuments Record, 25-JUL-2001, NMR 21352/14 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19919.

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1382973 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 25-JUL-2001. NMR 21352/11 SY 9198/1.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 25-JUL-2001. NMR 21352/14.
  • <3> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 1382973.

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Location

Grid reference SY 9183 9799 (point)
Map sheet SY99NW
Civil Parish Morden; Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 99 NW 74
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 1382973

Record last edited

Sep 8 2023 11:40AM

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