Monument record MDO47304 - Barrow on Piddlehinton Down, Piddlehinton

A Bronze Age barrow on Piddlehinton Down, excavated by C Hall, containing an urned cremation beneath a flint cairn. The location of this barrow is uncertain, field investigations and examination of aerial photographs have recorded no traces of a barrow.

Urn found "in the parish of Piddlehinton, in flints. It was full of ashes ..." <1>

A barrow on Piddlehinton Down, excavated by Chas Hall contained an urn 9" high beneath a cairn. A bi-conical Middle/Late Bronze Age urn with lugs, probably the one referred to in authority 1. <2>

The location of Piddlehinton Down was not identified during field investigation in the area. The local Tithe Map merely describes a field centred at SY 706969 as "down". There was no sign of a barrow in this area, which was under grass. <3>

An unidentified barrow opened by C. Hall on Piddlehinton Down, contained an urn beneath a flint cairn. <4>

Piddlehinton Down, a roadway extending from SY 685960 to SY 715971. (There is no trace of a barrow in the fields adjoining the roadway on RAF air photographs. CPE/UK 2475/3219-24 of 9.3.48). <5>

<1> Wools, C, 1839, The Barrow Diggers. A dialogue in imitation of the Grave Diggers in Hamlet., 92 Pl 9 Fig 4 (Monograph). SWX2974.

<2> Grinsell, L V, 1935-54, Dorset Barrows 1935-54 Manuscript (Unpublished document). SWX1556.

<2.1> Warne, C, 1866, The Celtic Tumuli of Dorset (1866), No 96 (Monograph). SWX8166.

<3> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 07-DEC-54 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<4> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 2, 212 (Monograph). SDO136.

<5> Department of the Environment, 1977, Department of the Environment (IAM) Ancient Monuments of England Vol 2, 68 (Monograph). SWX2300.

<5.1> Ordnance Survey, 1811, Ordnance Survey 1-inch map first series (Map). SDO10343.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 454649 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Nov 2 2023 4:09PM