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EDO508 - Long barrow south of Chettle House/Thickthorn Bar; excavation 1776

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Location

Grid reference	ST 9509 1280 (point)
Map sheet	ST91SE
Civil Parish	Chettle; Dorset
Unitary Authority	Dorset

Technique(s)

EXCAVATION

Organisation

Not recorded.

Date

1776

Description

Antiquarian investigation in 1776 is reported to have found an inhumation. Warne no.2.

Sources/Archives (4)

<1> SWX8166 Monograph: Warne, C. 1866. The Celtic Tumuli of Dorset (1866). 3:1-2.
<2> SDO132 Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 77.
<3> SDO99 Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1972. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume IV (North). 16.
<4>XY SDO16497 Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 651348. [Mapped feature: #8489 ]

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Sep 28 2020 2:42PM

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