Monument record MDO46501 - Probable Bronze Age bowl barrow, Rail Clump, Morden

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Summary

A probable Bronze Age bowl barrow to the north of Rail Clump, Morden, is visible as a sub-circular banked earthwork on a 2007 aerial photograph and current Environment Agency Lidar imagery. The feature is one of a group of three possible Bronze Age barrows that potentially form the southwest end of a loose row of probable barrows (NRHE Hob UID 1518301, 1518306, 1518308). A further barrow group (NRHE Hob UID 1518310) is located just over 500m to the east. The feature was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

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Full Description

A probable Bronze Age bowl barrow to the north of Rail Clump, Morden, is visible as a sub-circular banked earthwork on a 2007 aerial photograph and current Environment Agency Lidar imagery [1, 2]. The feature is just over 30m in diameter and forms a low circular mound on the edge of the tree line. It is one of a group of three possible Bronze Age barrows that potentially forms the southwest end of a loose row of probable barrows (NRHE Hob UID 1518301, 1518306, 1518308). A further barrow group (NRHE Hob UID 1518310) is located just over 500m to the east. The feature was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.


<1> National Monuments Record, 06-JUN-2007, NMR 24631/39 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19939.

<2> Environment Agency, 16-NOV-2021, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO18034.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 06-JUN-2007. NMR 24631/39.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. 16-NOV-2021. LIDAR Environment Agency DTM.

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Location

Grid reference SY 9272 9877 (point)
Map sheet SY99NW
Civil Parish Morden; Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • None recorded

Record last edited

Jul 4 2023 2:12PM

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