Corfe Common

Also known as:
Monument No. 456801
Nearest town:
Corfe Castle (1km WNW)
OS reference:
SY9681
OS sheet:
195
Latitude:
50° 37' 41.05 N
Longitude:
2° 3' 23.61 W
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Images

Image of Corfe Common (Round Barrow(s)) by formicaant

The western most on the western half of the site.

Image credit: Mike Rowland 10/04/11
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formicaant Apr 10, 2011
Image of Corfe Common (Round Barrow(s)) by formicaant

The second largest of the barrows, on the west side.

Image credit: Mike Rowland 18/05/07
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formicaant May 26, 2009
Image of Corfe Common (Round Barrow(s)) by formicaant

A small barrow on the east side of the common, with the Purbeck hills in the background.

Image credit: Mike Rowland 18/05/07
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formicaant May 26, 2009
Image of Corfe Common (Round Barrow(s)) by formicaant

The largest bowl barrow on the west side of the cemetery.

Image credit: Mike Rowland 18/05/07
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formicaant May 26, 2009
Image of Corfe Common (Round Barrow(s)) by formicaant

A medium sized bowl barrow, on the east side of the common, showing clear signs of having been dug into.

Image credit: Mike Rowland 18/05/07
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formicaant May 26, 2009
Image of Corfe Common (Round Barrow(s)) by formicaant

Corfe Castle from between two barrows on the common.

Image credit: Mike Rowland 18/05/2007.
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formicaant Jun 26, 2007

Articles

Corfe Common

formicaant
formicaant May 18, 2007

Very easy to find, once you’ve been to the castle and well worth a look for the distant views of it alone. The barrows themselves are all bowl types of various sizes. The common is split in two by a road, the castle is visible from the western side, the eastern half of the Purbeck hills can be seen in it’s entirety from the barrows of the east side of the common.
One of the east side round barrows has obviously been excavated in the past, it has a large cleft in the top of it. Of the six barrows I could see, they appear to be in a row from west to east, parallel to the Purbeck hills to the north of them.

Miscellaneous

Corfe Common
Round Barrow(s)
Chance
Chance May 25, 2014

Details of barrows on Pastscape

A group of four Bronze Age bowl barrows on Corfe Common. All are extant as earthwork mounds, one possibly surrounded by a ditch. Signs of disturbance suggest that some excavation has occurred on at least one of the barrows in the past. A plain tripartite urn in the British Museum (accession number 1982.9-1.238) has been identified as coming either from one of these barrows or from one of the adjacent barrow groups (SY 98 SE 17 and 47). Scheduled.

Sites within 20km of Corfe Common

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