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EWX947 - Barrow in Fordington Field, Dorchester; excavation before 1844

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Location

Grid reference	SY 66530 89240 (point)
Map sheet	SY68NE
Civil Parish	Winterborne Monkton; Dorset
Unitary Authority	Dorset

Technique(s)

EXCAVATION

Organisation

Not recorded.

Date

Before 1844

Description

NRHE: This barrow corresponds to Warne No.81 and Grinsell No.1E.

Sources/Archives (5)

<1> SDO17222 Article in serial: Sydenham, J. 1844. An account of the opening of some barrows in south Dorsetshire; Archaeologia 30.
<2> SDO132 Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 150.
<3> 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. 465.
<4> SWX9208 Monograph: Marsden, B M. 1974. The Barrow Diggers (1974). 66.
<5> SDO16497 Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 651106.

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Aug 4 2021 3:40PM

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