EWX984 - Mound on Askerswell Down, Litton Cheney; excavation 1956

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Location

Grid reference SY 55120 91820 (point)
Map sheet SY59SE
Civil Parish Litton Cheney; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Date

1956

Description

John Wacher excavated two mounds indentified as doubtful round barrows and thought more likely to be spoil heaps. They were indeed spoil heaps, overlying the ditch of a levelled round barrow.

Sources/Archives (4)

  • --- (No record type): English Heritage. 1994. Rescue Excavation: 1938 to1972. 45.
  • <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> Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 650987.

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May 11 2022 3:45PM

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