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EDO7050 - Long barrow on Little or Luton Down, Tarrant Rawston; excavation 1896

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Location

Grid reference	ST 9156 0666 (point)
Map sheet	ST90NW
Civil Parish	Tarrant Rawston; Dorset

Technique(s)

EXCAVATION

Organisation

Not recorded.

Date

1896

Description

An excavation in 1896 was inconclusive, yielding only two sherds and three pieces of bone.

Sources/Archives (4)

<1> SDO11 Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1897. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club. 18. 36-50.
<2> SDO132 Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 82.
<3> SDO99 Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1972. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume IV (North). 111-112.
<4> SDO16497 Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 651468.

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Nov 6 2020 11:54AM

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