EWX382 - Near King Barrow, Arne; excavation 1835

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Location

Grid reference SY 90000 87000 (point)
Map sheet SY98NW
Civil Parish Arne; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Technique(s)

Organisation

Not recorded.

Date

1835

Description

NRHE: Grinsell No: 18A. Unlocated. Twenty five bronze axes were found when a small barrow near King Barrow was opened in 1835.

Sources/Archives (5)

  • --- Monograph: Longworth, I H. 1984. Collared Urns of the Bronze Age in Great Britain and Ireland.
  • --- Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3. 434.
  • --- Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 86.
  • --- Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 650398.
  • --- Monograph: Wools, C. 1839. The Barrow Diggers. A dialogue in imitation of the Grave Diggers in Hamlet.. 74.

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Record last edited

Sep 3 2021 1:05PM

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