Monument record MDO2165 - Barrow, Poxwell

A mound opened by antiquarian Charles Warne, who found a possible primary cremation in LBA globular urn; seven secondaries (one with globular urn, three with bucket or barrel urns, and three with urns of unknown type.

Warne's CTD no 8: probable primary cremation beneath large (probably inverted) urn (smashed) which contained accessory vessel three inches high in which were burnt bones, possibly of a child, mixed with ashes. (Grinsell)

<1> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010 (Unpublished document). SDO12407.

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 450 (Monograph). SDO150.

'Warne excavated two unlocated barrows (C.T.D., mopr, nos. 7 and 8) on 'Pokeswell Down, adjoining the Ridgeway'; one of these may be (11), in the Northdown Barn Group (R.13). Otherwise only two certain barrows are known, emphasising the break in the distribution of barrows on the Ridgeway E. of East Hill Group (R.14). A barrow, possibly one of those excavated by Warne, is shown about 715848 on O.S. (1811).'

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Jun 27 2023 2:15PM