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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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.

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  • --- 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 Unpublished document: Papworth M. 1994.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

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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

Record last edited

Mar 15 2024 3:16PM

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