EDO108 - Bowl barrow at Nottington, Weymouth; excavation 1938
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Location
| Grid reference | SY 6676 8245 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SY68SE |
| Unitary Authority | Dorset |
Technique(s)
Organisation
Not recorded.
Date
1938
Description
This barrow was excavated in 1938 by G E Kirk and K C C Selby, whose unpublished notes are in the Dorset County Museum. A probably primary cremation was found thinly covered with charcoal and accompanied by fragments of a bronze riveted dagger. Beneath the cremation and separated from it by a thin layer of clay, were the remains of the funeral pyre, and above the cremation was a large mass of carbonised wood. Parts of two intrusive skeletons were found.
Sources/Archives (6)
- <1> SWX8275 Unpublished document: Unpublished Site Notebook in Dorset County Museum.
- <2> SDO51 Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1952. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1951. 73. 98.
- <2> SWX2107 Article in serial: Farrar, R A H. 1952. Archaeological Fieldwork in Dorset in 1951. Vol 73.
- <3> SDO132 Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 143.
- <4> SDO150 Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3. 457.
- <5> SDO16497 Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 650613.
Record last edited
Oct 2 2020 5:15PM
