EDO7172 - Barrows on Little or Littleton Down, Blandford St Mary; excavation 1838
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Location
| Grid reference | ST 8728 0371 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | ST80SE |
| Civil Parish | Blandford St Mary; Dorset |
Technique(s)
Organisation
Not recorded.
Date
1838
Description
A group of barrows on Little Down 'between Blandford and Thorncombe' and said to be five in number was investigated by Henry Durden in 1838. He opened at least two of the group; one barrow contained a cremation, probably primary, in a globular urn within a cist covered by a flint cairn, and the other barrow contained an urn surrounded by a circular wall of flints. A 'bucket' urn that was found by Durden in a barrow on Littleton Down may be identical with the second named, or it may have been found in a third barrow.
Sources/Archives (5)
- <1> SWX2974 Monograph: Wools, C. 1839. The Barrow Diggers. A dialogue in imitation of the Grave Diggers in Hamlet.. 50, 91.
- <2> SDO132 Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 94.
- <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. 45.
- <4> SDO16497 Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 651338.
- <4> SDO16497 Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 651337.
Record last edited
Jan 15 2024 11:16AM
