EDO1319 - Whitesheet Hill, Toller Fratrum; salvage recording 1950

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Location

Grid reference SY 585 980 (point)
Map sheet SY59NE
Civil Parish Toller Fratrum; Dorset

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Not recorded.

Date

1950

Description

A number of burials were found in September 1950 during stripping of topsoil for an extension to the chalkpit on Whitesheet Hill. Investigations found no more burials. Two skeletons found on the north west side of the old workings are in the Dorset County Museum.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1953. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1952. 74. 100-101.
  • <2>XY Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 450658. [Mapped feature: #8870 ]

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Jan 23 2024 3:13PM

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