EDO6845 - Bowl barrow on Whatcombe Down, Winterborne Whitechurch; excavation 1898

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Location

Grid reference ST 8550 0197 (point)
Map sheet ST80SE
Civil Parish Winterborne Whitechurch; Dorset

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Organisation

Not recorded.

Date

1898

Description

In 1898 J C Mansel-Pleydell and W Boyd Dawkins excavated a barrow on Whatcombe Down. They reported that the ditch was smoothed into a well-defined track, which they interpreted as being due to human feet circling round the burial mound.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 157.
  • <2>XY Monograph: Royal Commission on Historic Monuments. 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 2. 2. 314. [Mapped feature: #8364 ]
  • <3> Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 651492.

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Aug 20 2020 11:40AM

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