Monument record MDO46884 - Probable Bronze Age bowl barrow, Morden

A sub-circular feature in a field to the northeast of Morden is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs and as an earthwork on current Environment Agency lidar imagery. The feature is considered likely to be a Bronze Age bowl barrow and was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

A sub-circular feature in a field to the northeast of Morden is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs and as an earthwork on current Environment Agency lidar imagery [1, 2]. The feature comprises a circular mound around 24 m in diameter, visible on lidar imagery [2]. A sub-circular ring ditch around 2m wide and 27m in diameter is visible as a cropmark on a 1945 aerial photograph [1]. The feature is considered likely to be a Bronze Age bowl barrow with an accompanying outer ditch. It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

<1> Environment Agency, 16-NOV-2021, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO18034.

<2> Royal Air Force, 05-MAR-1945, RAF/106G/LA/163 RS 4077 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19981.

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Jul 31 2023 10:05AM