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EDO7139 - Mounds on Bowden's Hill, Melcombe Horsey; excavation 1956

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Location

Grid reference	ST 7410 0215 (point)
Map sheet	ST70SW
Civil Parish	Melcombe Horsey; Dorset
Unitary Authority	Dorset

Technique(s)

EXCAVATION

Organisation

Ministry of Works

Date

1957

Description

Test excavation of three mounds suggested that they were probably natural features.

Sources/Archives (4)

<1> SDO56 Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1957. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1956. 78. 78.
<2> SDO132 Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 118.
<3> SDO146 Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 1. 175.
<4>XY SDO16497 Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 651006. [Mapped feature: #8756 ]

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Jan 25 2021 5:12PM

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