Monument record MDO44130 - Roman barrow on Woodcutts Common, Sixpenny Handley

A mound thought by Pitt-Rivers to be a barrow, and excavated by him. No burial was found, but the mound lay over deposits containing pottery of mid 2nd-century date.

(ST 96391817) A mound on the NE side of the settlement at Woodcutts belongs to Phase II occupation. It was taken for a barrow by General Pitt-Rivers, but no burial was found when it was excavated. It overlay pottery of the mid 2nd century. <1-2>

A nettle-covered mound 9.0m diameter by 1.7m high, mutilated by rabbits. <3>

<1> Pitt Rivers, A H L F, 1887, Excavations in Cranborne Chase near Rushmore, on the borders of Dorset and Wilts. Vol. 1: excavations in the Romano-British village on Woodcuts Common, and Romano-British antiquities in Rushmore Park (Monograph). SDO18399.

<2> Piggott, S, Stone, J F S, and Shortt, H De S, 1947, The Archaeology of Salisbury and District: Britons, Romans and Saxons Round Salisbury and in Cranborne Chase: reviewing the excavations of General Pitt-Rivers, 1881-1898; Antiquaries Journal CIV, 1-26 (Article in serial). SDO16715.

<3> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 08-APR-54 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 209836 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Aug 30 2022 12:13PM