Monument record MDO7434 - Bronze Age round barrow, Nine barrow down, Corfe castle

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Summary

A Bronze Age round barrow is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of Nine Barrows Down, Corfe Castle. It is one of a group of seventeen Bronze Age round barrows (MDO7427-7442) and a Neolithic long barrow (MDO7407) located here.

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Full Description

A Bronze Age round barrow, approximately 29m in diameter and surrounded by a 1m wide outer ditch, is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of Nine Barrows Down, Corfe Castle (1-2). It is one of a group of seventeen Bronze Age round barrows (MDO7427-7442) and a Neolithic long barrow (MDO7407) located here. This feature was digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck mapping project.


National Record of the Historic Environment, 456762 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

<1> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1821 2402-03 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13669.

<2> Pan Government Agreement, 2008, PGA (Aerial Photograph). SDO13137.

<3> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Records, SY 98 SE 5D (Index). SDO131.

<4> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 443 (Monograph). SDO150.

<5> Papworth, M D J, Trust for Wessex Archaeology, 1983, Isle of Purbeck Survey, IOP 16 (Index). SDO147.

‘Mound Diam.27.4m and Ht.3.0m.Ditch Diam.33.4m and Depth 1.2m and Wifth 6.0m. Situated on heathland and permanent pasture, mostly covered in grass but with some gorse and blackberry bushes on the outer edge. An E-W fence crosses the N.ditch. Beyond this there is a field of managed grass which is rarely ploughed if at all. E-W path crosses ditch to S. See RAF/VAP/1821:2403. OS SY98SE5. 1/2/B.’

<6> Papworth, M, 1994, Eastington, Acton, Westwood, Wilkswood, New Barn, Corfe Castle Estate, Wessex Region, 44 (Unpublished document). SWX1388.

A ditched bowl barrow, a very prominent rise, the largest of a group of seventeen round barrows and one long barrow. It is 28m dia. and 3.2 m high surrounded by a ditch 7m wide and 1.2 m deep. It lies on the crest of the chalk ridge. Nine Barrows are shown Woodward’s map (1775). A cremation was in one of the barrows in this group (Miles 1836). RCHM(1970) records that the ditch of 112,157 cuts the west edge of the ditch of round barrow 112,161. This land has been downland since at least 1585 (Treswell) and appears never to have been ploughed.

Sources/Archives (7)

  • --- Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 456762.
  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1821 2402-03.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Pan Government Agreement. 2008. PGA.
  • <3> Index: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Records. SY 98 SE 5D.
  • <4> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3. 443.
  • <5> Index: Papworth, M D J, Trust for Wessex Archaeology. 1983. Isle of Purbeck Survey. Form AM107. IOP 16.
  • <6> Unpublished document: Papworth, M. 1994. Eastington, Acton, Westwood, Wilkswood, New Barn, Corfe Castle Estate, Wessex Region. 44.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 9956 8155 (37m by 36m) (5 map features)
Map sheet SY98SE
Civil Parish Corfe Castle; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 6 008 208
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: 456762
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 98 SE 5 H
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Ailwood Down Group
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Corfe Castle 208

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Oct 25 2024 4:06PM

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