EWX916 - Pokeswell Down, Poxwell; excavation between 1800 and 1866

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Location

Grid reference SY 71500 84800 (point)
Map sheet SY78SW
Civil Parish Poxwell; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Not recorded.

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Description

Grinsell No: 2G Two barrows 'on Pokeswell Down' were opened by Charles Warne. Warne's No. 7 and 8. Their precise location is not known. NRHE suggests this as likely general vicinity.

Sources/Archives (4)

  • --- Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 651038.
  • --- Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 128.
  • --- Monograph: Warne, C. 1866. The Celtic Tumuli of Dorset (1866). MOPR 8.
  • --- Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3. 450.

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Jan 5 2024 4:17PM

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