EWX992 - Linear earthwork, Litton Cheney; excavations 1958

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Location

Grid reference SY 55460 91700 (point)
Map sheet SY59SE
Civil Parish Litton Cheney; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Ministry of Works

Date

1958

Description

Earthworks of a possible Iron Age cross ridge dyke comprising a bank and ditch and a sunken Medieval trackway. Field investigations in 1955 found the bank to be between 7-8 metres wide and up to 0.6 metres high and the ditch up to 3.5 metres wide and 0.4 metres deep. Excavations recovered Iron Age and Medieval pottery and an Medieval inhumation from the ditch.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1959. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1958. 80. 160-77.
  • <2> Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 650996.

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Jan 9 2021 11:24AM

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