EDO6922 - Wyke Down, Cranborne Chase, Gussage All Saints; augur survey, geophysical surveys, trial excavations 1998-1999

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Grid reference SU 0000 1500 (point)
Map sheet SU01NW
Civil Parish Gussage All Saints; Dorset

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Cambridge University Department of Archaeology and Anthropology

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Not recorded.

Description

Research project combining archaeological and palaeoenvironmental investigation of monuments including the Wyke Down barrow group, the Dorset cursus and Gussage Down field systems. An auger survey, geophysical surveys and trial excavations have been carried out to date.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Unpublished document: French, C A I, and Lewis, H A. Palaeoenvironmental and archaeological investigations of Neolithic and Bronze Age land surfaces on Wyke Down and in the upper Allen valley, Cranborne Chase, Dorset, England. Summary report for 2000.
  • <2> Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 2001. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 2000. 122. 53-71.
  • <3>XY Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 1347680. [Mapped feature: #8442 ]

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Sep 3 2020 3:33PM

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