Monument record MDO7813 - Cold Barrow, Morden

A bowl barrow situated at the northern end of a prominent knoll. In 1970 this monument was reported as being around 21 feet in diameter and about 2 feet high with a flat top, and covered in trees. The feature is visible as an earthwork on 1940s aerial photographs and was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

The natural knoll probably gave rise to the name Cold Barrow, which is now densely covered by a fir plantation which could not be penetrated. Several natural mounds in the area, typical of the local geology, have a barrow like appearance, and the mound described in authority 2 may possibly fall into the same category. <3>

SY 90479505. 'Cold Barrow', bowl (?) barrow. (dimensions as given by Authy 2). <4>

SY 90459503. Cold Barrow (name not confirmed), a mound as described (2), possibly a small barrow. In conifer plantation. Surveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. <5>

A bowl barrow situated at the northern end of a prominent knoll. In 1970 this monument was reported as being around 21 feet in diameter and about 2 feet high with a flat top, and covered in trees.

The feature is visible as an earthwork on 1940s aerial photographs <6> as a faint sub-circular earthwork around 7m in diameter. It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1902 (Map). SWX1540.

(Name centred SY 904949) Cold Barrow (NAT)

<2> RCHM Mss file (Unpublished document). SWX2467.

<3> Swatridge, G C, Various, Field Investigators Comments GCS, F1 GCS 19-NOV-54 (Unpublished document). SWX1169.

<4> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 446 (Monograph). SDO150.

'(53) Cold Barrow, bowl (?) (SY 99 NW; 90479504), on highest point at N. end of prominent knoll defined by 200 ft. ring contour. Diam. about 21 ft., ht. about 2 ft., with flat top 9 ft. across. Tree-covered.'

<5> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F2 JGB 16-FEB-81 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<6> Royal Air Force, 05-MAR-1945, RAF/106G/LA/163 RP 3079 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19976.

<7> National Record of the Historic Environment, 457326 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Aug 23 2024 12:15PM