EDO5656 - The Shapwick Barrow; antiquarian investigation 1838
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Location
| Grid reference | ST 9336 0164 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | ST90SW |
Technique(s)
Organisation
Not recorded.
Date
1838
Description
The Shapwick barrow was opened in 1838 by the Reverend Woollls who found a probably primary cremation in other burnt matter with 'a ruby-coloured barrek-shaped glass bead', presumably amber. Flints lay above, and seven more lay in a circle just beneath the surface. There were possibly some secondary intements (The Barrow Diggers (1839), 102-5). Reference in Shipp W/1859/Dorsetshire/II:140
Sources/Archives (6)
- --- SDO132 Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 132.
- --- SWX2974 Monograph: Wools, C. 1839. The Barrow Diggers. A dialogue in imitation of the Grave Diggers in Hamlet.. 102.
- --- SWX1269 Monograph: Shipp, W, and Hodson, J W (eds). 1863. The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset. 3rd edition. Volume 2. Vol 2. 140.
- --- SDO17125 Monograph: Payne, G (ed). 1892. Catalogue of the Museum of Local Antiquities collected by Mr Henry Durden of Blandford, Dorsetshire. 20.
- <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. 453.
- <2> SDO16497 Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 651274.
Record last edited
Sep 15 2021 4:34PM
