EWX983 - Bowl barrow at Barges Farm, Litton Cheney; excavation 1956

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Location

Grid reference SY 55320 91810 (point)
Map sheet SY59SE
Civil Parish Litton Cheney; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Date

1956

Description

Excavated by John Wacher in 1956, revealing a wide shallow flat-bottomed ditch surrounded a flint mound. In the centre were the remains of a Bronze Age cremation urn, of which only the base remained. Below this was a fully extended in humation burial; the hands were severed prior to burial and interred first.

Sources/Archives (5)

  • <1> Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1957. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1956. 78. 84.
  • <2> Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1959. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1958. 80. 160-77.
  • <3> Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 116.
  • <4> Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1982. Dorset Barrows Supplement. 43.
  • <5> Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 650986.

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Jan 9 2021 11:33AM

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