EDO104 - Wallisdown, Poole; excavation 1949

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Location

Grid reference SZ 0568 9432 (point)
Map sheet SZ09SE
Unitary Authority Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

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Date

1949

Description

Two round barrows completely excavated in 1949 by H J Case (PPS XVIII (1952), 148-59; and XIX (1953), 131-3.) Bronze Age cremation has a Carbon-14 date of around 1250BC.

Sources/Archives (6)

  • --- Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1950. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1949. 71. 67.
  • --- Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3. 447-8.
  • --- Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 650658.
  • --- Serial: 1964. Radiocarbon; An International Journal of Cosmogenic Isotope Research. 6. 356.
  • --- Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 650659.
  • --- (No record type): English Heritage. 1994. Rescue Excavation: 1938 to1972. 58.

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May 11 2022 5:05PM

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