Monument record MDO27465 - Bronze Age round barrow, Worgret Heath, Arne

A round barrow crowning the brow of a hill on the wild heath near Wareham, suggested by RCHM to be on Worgret Heath in the locality of other barrows (SY 98 NW 2 3 4 5) was excavated by Pennie about 1830, and later demolished for material to repair an adjoining road. Within it at different levels were twenty-four urns of cruder workmanship and material than the urns from the Deverill barrow, some containing cremations. One was ornamented with a pattern of rings or circles; another which was covered by an unhewn flat stone, bore a cross partly raised and partly incised upon the bottom. One urn survives in Dorset County Museum. (1-3)

<1> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1966, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1965, 119-125 (Serial). SDO65.

<2> Shipp, W, and Hodson, J W (eds), 1861, The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset. 3rd edition. Volume 1, p108 (Monograph). SWX4496.

<3> Gentleman's Magazine, 1838, NS 9i p303 (Serial). SWX8280.

<4> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 434 (Monograph). SDO150.

<5> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 86 (Monograph). SDO132.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 456732 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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