EDO4489 - Conygar Hill Barrow 'B', Winterborne Herringston; antiquarian excavation 1864
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Location
| Grid reference | SY 69791 88940 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SY68NE |
| Civil Parish | Winterborne Herringston; Dorset |
| Unitary Authority | Dorset |
Technique(s)
Organisation
Not recorded.
Date
1864
Description
This bowl barrow was excavated by Cunnington in 1864.
It measures 75ft diameter and 14ft high. Cunnington found a primary contracted inhumation with a food vessel at the feet and six barbed and tanged arrowheads at the knees. It lay by a cremation and below a 3 ton block of Portland stone at a depth of 9 feet. Of three secondary cremations, two lay close together 5 ft from the surface and one was in a bucket urn 18 ins from the surface [1].
Archive relating to this excavation is in the Cunnington MSS which is held in the Museum Library, (Cunnington No.4).
Sources/Archives (6)
- --- SDO132 Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 106 (Dorchester 8).
- --- SWX1703 Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1982. Dorset Barrows Supplement. 38.
- --- SDO131 Index: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Records. SY 68 NE 39.
- --- SDO16497 Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 650877.
- --- SDO25 Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1916. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club for 1916. 37. 41.
- <1> SDO150 Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3. 444, no.169.
Record last edited
Apr 7 2021 7:45PM
