EDO7442 - Round barrow on Cheselbourne Down; excavation 1865

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Location

Grid reference ST 7800 0100 (point)
Map sheet ST70SE

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Not recorded.

Date

1865

Description

NRHE: no description. A small round barrow on Cheselbourne Down was opened by C Hall in 1865. Two urns were found, one of which appeared to contain bird bones. This barrow may be 'Rough Barrow' described by Charles Warne, in which

Sources/Archives (2)

  • ---XY Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 650842. [Mapped feature: #9232 ]
  • --- Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 1. 148.

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Aug 9 2021 12:17PM

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