Monument record MDO7812 - Bowl barrow, Morden

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Summary

A bowl barrow reported in 1970 as being around 100 feet in diameter with a mound around five feet high and a surrounding ditch. A hollow on top of the mound suggests that the barrow has been partly disturbed, probably by antiquarian activity.

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A bowl barrow, diameter 15.0m., height 1.6m., with indications of a ditch and hollow centre,. Situated in a fir plantation. <2> A bowl barrow in Morden Park. <3> SY 90369338. Ditched bowl (?) barrow, 45ft diameter and 5ft high situated on almost level ground has a disturbed and tree-covered top. <4> SY 90359338. Bowl barrow, as described (4) with vague and unsurveyable traces of a ditch. Re-surveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. <5>

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  • <1> Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Map 6in. 6 inch to 1 mile. 1902.
  • <2> Unpublished document: Swatridge, G C. Various. Field Investigators Comments GCS. 19/11/1954.
  • <3> Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows.
  • <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. 446.
  • <5> Unpublished document: Barton, J G. Various. Field Investigators Comments JGB. 28/01/1981.
  • <6> Unpublished document: Royal Commission on Historic Monuments. Externally held archive: RCH01/093 RCHME Inventory: Dorset II (South-East).
  • <7> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 457406.

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Location

Grid reference SY 9036 9338 (point)
Map sheet SY99SW
Civil Parish Morden; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 6 016 052
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 99 SW 1
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 457406
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Morden 52

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Oct 13 2023 1:28PM

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