EDO6886 - Bowl barrow on Oakley Down, Wimborne St Giles; excavation 1804

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Location

Grid reference SU 0178 1724 (point)
Map sheet SU01NW
Civil Parish Wimborne St Giles; Dorset

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Organisation

Not recorded.

Date

1804

Description

Excavated by Richard Colt Hoare between 1800 and 1809 (Hoare no. 10). Possibly three conjoined barrows.

Sources/Archives (7)

  • <1> Monograph: Colt Hoare, Sir Richard. 1812. The Ancient History of Wiltshire. Vol 1. 241.
  • <2> Monograph: Hutchins, J. 1861. The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset. Volume 1. 3rd edition. 1. 613.
  • <3> Monograph: Warne, C. 1866. The Celtic Tumuli of Dorset (1866). 3:8.
  • <4> Serial: Cunnington, W, and Cunnington, M E P. 1896. Catalogue of Antiquities in the Museum of the Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society at Devizes, Parts 1-2. 201.
  • <5> Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 144.
  • <6> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1975. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East). 103.
  • <7>XY Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 651311. [Mapped feature: #8406 ]

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Aug 25 2020 4:54PM

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