Monument record MDO47104 - Bronze Age barrow and two urns recovered 1843 and 1846, Morden

Two Middle Bronze Age urns from a barrow at Sturminster Marshall are in the Henry Durden Collection at the British Museum (Catalogue 18-20 Nos. 20 and 42). (Colquoun 1951)

The barrow was not located during field investigation and no further information was obtained. (Quinnell 1954)

Two collared early-middle Bronze Age urns from an unlocated barrow at Sturminster Marshall, found in 1843. (Grinsell 1959; Grinsell 1982)

Brief descriptions of the urns, one of which was found in 1843, the other in 1846. The barrow was situated in a field near the pond in Charborough Park (SY 916985). (Calkin 1967)

Two Scheduled monuments, bowl barrows, lie 400m to the south of this location. (List entry numbers 1016283, 1016282). The given location lies just outside the Registered Park and Garden (II*) of Charborough Park (List entry 1000713). (NRHE 2015)

National Record of the Historic Environment, 457239 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

NRHE, NRHE Compiler's comments, 08-Sep-2015 (Verbal communication). SDO19863.

Colquhoun, Frank D, 1951, Bronze Age barrow and two urns recovered 1843 and 1846, F1 FDC 20-OCT-51 (Excavation archive). SDO20121.

Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 132 (Monograph). SDO132.

Calkin, J B, 1967, 'Some Records of Barrow Excavations Re-Examined'; Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society fo4 1966, 138, 88 (Article in serial). SDO17238.

Grinsell, L V, 1982, Dorset Barrows Supplement, 50 (Monograph). SWX1703.

Quinnell, N V, Various, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigator's Comments NVQ, F2 NVQ 17-MAR-54 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

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