EWX780 - Tatton Hill, Tatton Farm, Portsham; excavation 1928

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Location

Grid reference SY 63170 81910 (point)
Map sheet SY68SW
Civil Parish Chickerell; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Organisation

Not recorded.

Date

1928

Description

In 1928 a chance find of a cist burial was excavated by Oliver and Pim. The burial was of an unaccompanied adult skeleton extended E-W with the head to the west in a covered cist without end slabs, 6.5 ft long, 20 ins wide at shoulders and 15 ins at knees. It was at the same depth as similar burials nearby.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1929. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1928. 50. 49.
  • <2> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3. 595.
  • <3> Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 650844.

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Feb 12 2021 5:39PM

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