Monument record MDO46470 - Possible Bronze Age bowl barrow, Furze Hill, Morden

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Summary

A possible Bronze Age bowl barrow on Furze Hill, Morden, is visible as a faint ring ditch cropmark and earthworks on aerial photographs and current Environment Agency Lidar imagery. The feature is situated in close proximity of a larger barrow group and was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

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Full Description

A possible Bronze Age bowl barrow on Furze Hill, Morden, is visible as a faint ring ditch cropmark and earthworks on aerial photographs and current Environment Agency Lidar imagery [1-3]. The feature comprisese a sentral sub-circular mound of approximately 18m diameter [1, 3], with an outer ditch visible as a ring ditch cropmark [2]. It is situated in close proximity of a larger barrow group and was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.


<1> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 FS 2134 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19918.

<2> National Monuments Record, 25-JUL-2001, NMR 21352/14 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19919.

<3> Environment Agency, 16-NOV-2021, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO18034.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 17-JAN-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1934 FS 2134.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 25-JUL-2001. NMR 21352/14.
  • <3> Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. 16-NOV-2021. LIDAR Environment Agency DTM.

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Location

Grid reference SY 9200 9780 (point)
Map sheet SY99NW
Civil Parish Morden; Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: 8

Record last edited

Jul 3 2023 1:47PM

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