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Bowl barrow in Morden Park is a Bronze Age burial mound located approximately 350 metres south west of Hunting Bridge in Dorset, England. The monument consists of a simple hemispherical mound typical of bowl barrow construction, a funerary form prevalent during the Bronze Age in southern Britain. Such monuments served as communal or individual burial sites and represent important evidence of Bronze Age mortuary practice and landscape use. The barrow survives as a recognisable earthwork within Morden Park and retains archaeological value despite its age and the passage of time since its original construction.
Bowl barrow in Morden Park 350m south west of Hunting Bridge is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016281. View the official record →
Bowl barrow in Morden Park is a Bronze Age burial mound located approximately 350 metres south west of Hunting Bridge in Dorset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016281.
Bowl barrow in Morden Park 350m south west of Hunting Bridge is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1016281.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The southern of two bowl barrows on Holme Mount (9 km), Twin barrow on Westholme Heath, 850m west of Hurst Mill (9.5 km), Bowl barrow on Creech Heath 720m ESE of Dodson's Farm, forming part of the Creech Heath round barrow cemetery (9.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow in Morden Park 350m south west of Hunting Bridge's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Bowl barrow in Morden Park 350m south west of Hunting Bridge stands on Bracklesham Group And Barton Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is sand, silt and clay.