EDO7003 - Bull Barrow, Holt; antiquarian investigation

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Location

Grid reference SU 0554 0498 (point)
Map sheet SU00SE
Civil Parish Holt; Dorset

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Unknown

Description

The top of the mound has been disturbed by digging, presumably by antiquarian investigation. A sharpened deer bone was reported to have been found in 'Bull Barrow; it may be this barrow but there is another of the same name in Woolland parish.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Monograph: Wools, C. 1839. The Barrow Diggers. A dialogue in imitation of the Grave Diggers in Hamlet.. 77, plate 5, No 16.
  • <2> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1975. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East). 34.
  • <3>XY Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 651200. [Mapped feature: #8559 ]

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Oct 14 2020 7:46PM

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