Monument record MDO7760 - Possible Bronze Age barrow, Nine Barrow Down, Langton Matravers

A mound of uncertain date, which may be natural in origin or may be a burial mound, possibly of Bronze Age date. The mound is centred at SZ 00725 81094 and measures approximately 23 m in diameter. This feature was recorded from EH Reconnaissance aerial photographs of 2011. <2>

A possible Bronze Age barrow is located on Nine Barrow Down. The feature is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of 2005. The mound is sub-circular and measures 23 m in diameter. It may be a round barrow, or possibly, a natural feature. <3> This feature was digitally plotted as part of the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.

<1> Papworth, M D J, Trust for Wessex Archaeology, 1983, Isle of Purbeck Survey, IOP 458 (Index). SDO147.

‘NINE BARROW DOWN: A circular feature visible on A.P., possibly a barrow. Site lies on land occasionally ploughed and in ley pasture when visited. Close to a track. RAF/VAP/1821:2399. 7/7/D.’

<2> 03-OCT-2011, NMR 27312_041-042 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19757.

<3> Dorset County Council, XX-XXX-2005, DCC 400810 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13581.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1587135 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Apr 21 2023 3:48PM