Find Spot record MDO47305 - Late Bronze Age urns from a barrow on Piddlehinton Down, Piddlehinton

The site of a barrow from which two Late Bronze Age globular urns were found. A low earth mound is visible on lidar imagery and was digitally recorded during the Upper Cerne and Piddle AIM project.

Two 'almost globular' urns, ?LBA, from a barrow on Piddlehinton Down. <1-2>

The location of Piddlehinton Down was not identified during field investigation in the area. The local Tithe Map gives no indication apart from delineating the field centred at SY 706969 and simply describing it as "down". There was no indication of a barrow within the area, which was under grass. <3>

Two 'almost globular' - shaped urns were recovered from a barrow disturbed by the construction of a road on Piddlehinton Down. <4>

A low earth mound 20m across, is visible on lidar imagery and was digitally recorded during the Upper Cerne and Piddle AIM project <6>.

<1> Shipp, W, and Hodson, J W (eds), 1863, The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset. 3rd edition. Volume 2, 807 (Monograph). SWX1269.

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 Grinsell, L V, 1935-54, Dorset Barrows 1935-54 Manuscript (Unpublished document).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

<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 Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 07-DEC-54 (Unpublished document).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> National Record of the Historic Environment, 454655 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

<6> Environment Agency, 15-DEC-2023, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO20691.

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Oct 15 2024 12:23PM