Find Spot record MDO47777 - Bronze Age axe hammer found in a barrow on Steepleton Down, Winterbourne Steepleton

From a `bowl-shaped` barrow on Steepleton Down. <1>

Mentioned and figured. <2>

An unlocated barrow, opened by Warne. Primary cremation with perforated axe-hammer of green stone; potsherds in the material of the mound. <4>

Accn No 1885.16.10. Similar information and slightly hourglass perforation which is usually Neolithic (5). Most of the specimens of these axes found in Britain date from the Bronze Age. <5>

The barrow from which this axe was obtained, was not identified during field investigation. <6>

Winterbourne Steepleton 47. Unlocated barrow listed, details as Authy 4. <7>

<1> Warne, C, 1866, The Celtic Tumuli of Dorset (1866), 3 (Monograph). SWX8166.

<2> Evans, J, 1881, The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain and Ireland, 188 (Monograph). SWX3100.

<3> 1925, Archaeologia 75, 99 (Serial). SDO20481.

<4> Grinsell, L V, 1935-54, Dorset Barrows 1935-54 Manuscript (Unpublished document). SWX1556.

<5> Display Card Dorset County Museum (Graphic material). SWX1314.

<6> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 31-MAR-55 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<7> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 157 (Monograph). SDO132.

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 452315 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Jan 24 2024 7:13PM