EWX775 - Round barrows on Cheselbourne West Down; excavation 1865

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Location

Grid reference SY 73890 99470 (point)
Map sheet SY79NW
Civil Parish Cheselbourne; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Not recorded.

Date

1865

Description

Six barrows in this area were opened by Charles Warne in 1865. He found a cist in one of them (Grinsell No: 2A/Warne MOPR 9).

Sources/Archives (4)

  • --- Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 650837.
  • --- Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1967. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1966. 88. 144.
  • --- Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 1. 79.
  • --- Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 100.

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Mar 28 2021 2:48PM

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