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Morden Park Mound

England
List entry 1002011
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1002011
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.16 hectares
Grid reference
TQ 24535 67481
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Morden Park Mound is a prehistoric earthwork located in Morden, Surrey, consisting of a substantial raised mound that survives as a prominent topographical feature within the modern landscape. The mound's exact dating and original function remain uncertain, though its form is consistent with Bronze Age or Iron Age funerary or ritual monuments of southern England. The earthwork has been subject to some modification and degradation over the centuries but retains sufficient archaeological integrity to warrant statutory protection as a scheduled ancient monument. Its survival in an urban setting makes it a significant archaeological resource for understanding prehistoric settlement and ceremonial practices in the Surrey region.

Morden Park Mound is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002011. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Morden Park Mound?

Morden Park Mound is a prehistoric earthwork located in Morden, Surrey, consisting of a substantial raised mound that survives as a prominent topographical feature within the modern landscape. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002011.

Who is responsible for protecting Morden Park Mound?

Morden Park Mound 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 1002011.

What other scheduled monuments are near Morden Park Mound?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Milestone outside No. 135 Cheam Road, Cheam (3.7 km), Milestone in Brighton Road (4.7 km), Nonsuch Palace, its formal gardens and associated remains, and Cuddington medieval settlement (4.9 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Milestone outside No. 135 Cheam Road, Cheam
3.7 km
Milestone in Brighton Road
4.7 km
Nonsuch Palace, its formal gardens and associated remains, and Cuddington medieval settlement
4.9 km
Tower of old church, Ewell
5.3 km
Late Bronze Age enclosure at Queen Mary's Hospital, Carshalton
6.2 km
Two Saxon burial mounds on Gally Hills
6.7 km
Two Saxon burial mounds on Gally Hills, west of Brighton Road
6.7 km
Castle Hill earthwork, Chessington
6.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Morden Park Mound

Morden Park Mound stands on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.

The wider landscape

Around Morden Park Mound

LondonRoman town · ~9.8 milesBattle of Barnet 1471Battle (1471) · ~18.5 miles
Domesday entry for Morden, Surrey →
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