EDO4489 - Conygar Hill Barrow 'B', Winterborne Herringston; antiquarian excavation 1864
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Location
| Grid reference | SY 69792 88941 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SY68NE |
| Civil Parish | Winterborne Herringston; Dorset |
| Unitary Authority | Dorset |
Technique(s)
Organisation
Not recorded.
Date
1864
Description
This bowl barrow was excavated by Cunnington in 1864.
It measures 75ft diameter and 14ft high. Cunnington found a primary contracted inhumation with a food vessel at the feet and six barbed and tanged arrowheads at the knees. It lay by a cremation and below a 3 ton block of Portland stone at a depth of 9 feet. Of three secondary cremations, two lay close together 5 ft from the surface and one was in a bucket urn 18 ins from the surface [1].
Archive relating to this excavation is in the Cunnington MSS which is held in the Museum Library, (Cunnington No.4).
Sources/Archives (5)
- --- SDO132 Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 106 (Dorchester 8).
- --- SWX1703 Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1982. Dorset Barrows Supplement. 38.
- --- SDO16497 Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 650877.
- --- SDO25 Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1916. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club for 1916. 37. 41.
- <1> 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. 444, no.169.
Record last edited
Jul 19 2024 4:31PM