EDO6875 - Barrow north of Wor Barrow, Sixpenny Handley; excavations

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Location

Grid reference SU 0122 1738 (point)
Map sheet SU01NW
Civil Parish Sixpenny Handley; Dorset

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Description

Excavated by General Pitt-Rivers, having previously been excavated by Richard Colt Hoare. Pitt-Rivers found an intrusive burial in the mound. This burial was in a wooden coffin and of Romano-British date.

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <2> Monograph: Pitt-Rivers, A H L F. 1898. Excavations in Cranborne Chase near Rushmore on the Borders of Dorset and Wilts 1893-96 Volume IV. 42.
  • <3> Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 114.
  • <4> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1975. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East). 71.
  • <5>XY Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 651249. [Mapped feature: #8395 ]

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Aug 24 2020 4:58PM

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