Find Spot record MDO5692 - Bronze Age pottery found east of Dudsbury Camp, Hampreston, Ferndown town

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Summary

Four cinerary urns found in ground disturbed by rabbits. This find is likely to represent the remains of a cremation cemetery.

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Full Description

SZ 07209815. Four fragmentary Deverel-Rimbury urns were found by H Sharman when rabbiting on Dudsbury Camp.<1>


<1> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1967, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1966, 114 (Serial). SDO66.

'Four Deverel-Rimbury urns have been found by H. Sharman when rabbiting at Hampreston near Dudsbury camp (SZ 07209815). As usual they are in a very fragmentary condition, but the best preserved is a late globular urn with a sharply incised girth grooves and chevron. It is almost identical with an urn from Hillbrow, Pokesdown, Hants.'

<2> National Record of the Historic Environment, 457877 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1967. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1966. 88. 114.
  • <2> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 457877.

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Location

Grid reference SZ 0720 9815 (point)
Map sheet SZ09NE
Civil Parish Ferndown Town; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 3 009 046
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SZ 09 NE 71
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 457877

Record last edited

May 12 2022 2:15PM

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