Monument record MDO8657 - Barrow at Friars Cliff estate, Christchurch

A number of finds were made during the development of the area, and the estate is now entirely built over. A round barrow was also reportedly destroyed during this building work. NB the dating of the pottery noted here is as reported by various Ordnance Survey correspondents during the 1940s and 1950s. [NB It is likely that, in line with subsequent re-dating of later prehistoric pottery, the Late Bronze Age sherds may well belong to the Middle Bronze Age, while the Early Iron Age pottery may be as early as the Late Bronze Age].

Friars Cliff Estate. The undermentioned finds have been made in this area. LBA/EIA pot found 1929, 1 leaf arrowhead, 2 barbed and tanged arrowheads, triangular arrowhead. (1)

LBA Pottery found c 1932 at NW corner of Seaway Avenue. (SZ 19209327). (2)

Site vague, probably near Bure Lane. Finds: EIA A domestic ware, restored, one side only, 10 high, several others at the time but not kept (a). These finds were made in the development of this area. A barrow was destroyed too but nothing was reported. The LBA pottery was found in the extension of the building area - I have no details of it (b). (3)

This area is now entirely built over. No further information was obtained to enable accurate siting of the finds and the destroyed barrow. (4)

<1> Calkin, J B, 1948, Annotated Record Map Corr. 6 (J B Calkin 1948) (Map). SWX3642.

<2> Calkin, J B, 1943, Annotated Record Map Corr. 6 (J B Calkin 1943) (Map). SWX3975.

<3> Woodhouse, W C, Various, Field Investigators Comments WCW, F1 WCW 14-JUL-54 (Unpublished document). SWX3798.

<3.1> Oral: Mr J B Calkin FSA (Hon Corr) Field Investigators Comments, 1948 (Verbal communication). SWX8200.

<3.2> Calkin, J B, Catalogue of Herbert Druitt's Collection of Local Prehistoric and R-B Antiquities (Index). SWX3966.

<4> Various, Field Investigators Comments WW, F1 WW 16-JUL-54 (Unpublished document). SWX3963.

<5> Jefferies, Jeff, 1999, The Barrows of Christchurch. Their Past, Present and Future, Appendix 1. Barrow Record 1 (Unpublished document). SDO20590.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 458524 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Mar 20 2024 12:51PM