Monument record MDO47739 - Bronze Age barrow, Muckleford, Bradford Peverell

A barrow at Muckleford was opened by Mr Sabine in 1832, revealing human bones with a spearhead and pin, beneath a large stone. The exact location of the barrow is not known.

A barrow at Muckleford (SY 6393) opened by Mr Sabine in 1832 revealed a massive triangular-shaped stone placed centrally near the top of the mound. Six feet below this were human bones together with a three-rivetted spearhead and a 'double-headed pin'. <1>

Grinsell refers to the spearhead as a bronze knife-dagger and the pin as possibly belonging to Late Bronze Age Central European types. (The excavation may refer to one of the barrows at SY 69 SW 41 or 57). <2>

<1> Warne, C, 1866, The Celtic Tumuli of Dorset (1866), 37 (Monograph). SWX8166.

<2> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 96 (Monograph). SDO132.

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 453824 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Jan 13 2024 7:22AM