EWX391 - Barrow in the Roke Down Group, Bere Regis; excavation 1840
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Location
| Grid reference | SY 82650 96830 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SY89NW |
| Civil Parish | Bere Regis; Dorset |
| Unitary Authority | Dorset |
Technique(s)
Organisation
Not recorded.
Date
1840
Description
NRHE: Corresponds to Grinsell number 46R.
A barrow 'on Kingston Down' excavated by Wake-Smart in 1840 is thought almost certainly to be this barrow which was later also excavated by Solly who described the then dimensions as 4-5ft high. Six or seven sarsen blocks then lay on the top but these were removed about 1914 and now stand at the edge of the field. A primary burial, probably cremation (see Warne) under an inverted urn was discovered; this, however, is described in Hutchins as a skeleton doubled up and pressed into a large urn which was inverted and placed in a slight hollow in the chalk. An atypical ogival dagger and two knife daggers (all destroyed were also found with the burial. Three urns and "several glass beads" were found on the east side of the barrow before Solly's excavation, according to Hutchins.'
Sources/Archives (6)
- --- SDO16497 Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 651485.
- --- SDO66 Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1967. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1966. 88. 136.
- --- SDO150 Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3. 437.
- --- SDO132 Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows.
- --- SDO9443 Monograph: Hutchins, J. 1863. The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset. Volume 2. 3rd edition. 2. II: 144.
- --- SDO16497 Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 650407.
Record last edited
Sep 17 2021 4:45PM