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EDO6838 - Chettle Long Barrow; excavation 1767

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Location

Grid reference	ST 9373 1355 (point)
Map sheet	ST91SW
Civil Parish	Chettle; Dorset

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Organisation

Not recorded.

Date

before 1767

Description

At some time before 1767 part of the long barrow was removed to make a grotto. The finding of numerous human bones was recorded.

Sources/Archives (3)

<1> SDO132 Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 78.
<2> SDO99 Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1972. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume IV (North). 13.
<3> SDO16497 Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 651345.

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Jul 20 2020 6:33PM

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