Monument record MDO29172 - Bronze Age Bucket Urn, Castle Hill, Cranborne

A probable Bronze Age undecorated bucket urn was found on Castle Hill in the nineteenth century. This may indicate the former presence of a barrow. The precise location of the find is not known.

Late Bronze Age bucket urn is said to have been from a primary or secondary burial in a barrow on Castle Hill, Cranborne (SU 0612). <1>

A probable Early Bronze Age undecorated bucket urn was found on Castle Hill in the nineteenth century. <1.1>
This may suggest that a barrow may have existed on Castle Hill. <1.2, 2>

<1> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 104 (Monograph). SDO132.

<1.1> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1908, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club for 1908, 137 (Serial). SDO19.

<1.2> Society of Antiquaries of London, 1933, The Antiquaries Journal 13, 444 (Serial). SDO16730.

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1975, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East), 15 (Monograph). SDO129.

'A Barrow appears to have existed on Castle Hill and to have yielded a bucket urn (Dorset Procs., XXIX (1908), 137; Ant. J. XIII (1933), 444). '

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 213718 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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