Monument record MDO7531 - Bowl Barrow, Corfe Common

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Summary

A low mound with suggestion of an encircling ditch on Corfe Common is probably a round barrow. It lies within the Corfe Common barrow group.

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Full Description

A low circular mound about 36 feet in diameter and two feet high, with a suggestion of an encircling ditch, was identified as a round barrow by Mr P A Brown. It lies slightly south of the crest of the ridge on Corfe Common, within the Corfe Common Barrow Group. (1)

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1957. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1956. 78. 76.
  • <2> Index: Papworth, M D J, Trust for Wessex Archaeology. 1983. Isle of Purbeck Survey. Form AM107. IOP 392.

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Location

Grid reference SY 9590 8091 (point)
Map sheet SY98SE
Civil Parish Corfe Castle; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 6 008 277

Record last edited

Aug 25 2023 11:29AM

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