EDO7579 - Long barrow, Pentridge; excavation 1800 to 1899

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Location

Grid reference SU 0393 1950 (point)
Map sheet SU01NW

Technique(s)

Organisation

Not recorded.

Date

Not recorded.

Description

Colt Hoare excavated a long barrow 'near the Woodyates Inn'. NRHE: Notes are in Shipp's scrapbook held in the Dorset County Museum Library, (archive ref: SHIPP,W./1859/Dorsetshire/II:200. Suggested location Grinsell 13d.

Sources/Archives (7)

  • --- Monograph: Bowen, H C. 1990. The Archaeology of Bokerley Dyke. 127 pp.
  • --- Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 651233.
  • --- Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1960. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1959. 81. 57.
  • --- Monograph: Colt Hoare, Sir Richard. 1812. The Ancient History of Wiltshire. Vol 1. 234-5.
  • --- Monograph: Warne, C. 1866. The Celtic Tumuli of Dorset (1866). 3:8.
  • --- Monograph: Hutchins, J. 1863. The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset. Volume 2. 3rd edition. 2.
  • --- Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows.

Map

Record last edited

Feb 27 2023 12:22PM

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