Monument record MDO7417 - Bronze Age bowl barrow, Corfe Common, Corfe Castle

A circular mound is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of Corfe Common, Corfe Castle. It is considered likely to be the remains of a Bronze Age round barrow. It is one on a group of several round barrows located dispersed across the common (MDO7412-19 & MDO7540).

A plain tripartite urn in the British Museum collection has been identified as coming from one of these barrows or from the adjacent barrow groups. (SY 98 SE 17 or SY 98 SE 47) Brit Mus Acc No. 1892.9-1.238. <1> 'B'-SY 96328089. Bowl (?) barrow, 29ft diameter and 2 1/2ft high. Turf-covered. <2> SY 962809. Group of round barrows on Corfe Common. Scheduled. <4> These barrows. 'A': SY 96128090 'B': SY 96318089 are in good condition from Auth 2, on heathland, 50m OD. No change. Surveyed at 1:2500. <6> Two bowl barrows … SY96318088 8.5m by 9.7m across and 0.6m high. No evidence of disturbance to the rounded mound and no obvious ditch. <8> A circular mound, approximately 10m in diameter, is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of Corfe Common, Corfe Castle <9>. It is considered likely to be the remains of a Bronze Age round barrow. It is one on a group of several round barrows located dispersed across the common (MDO7412-19 & MDO7540). This feature was digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck mapping project.

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