EDO46 - Barrow on Launceston Down South, Tarrant Launceston (Piggott no 12); excavation 1938
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Location
| Grid reference | ST 9550 1069 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | ST91SE |
| Civil Parish | Tarrant Launceston; Dorset |
| Unitary Authority | Dorset |
Technique(s)
Organisation
Not recorded.
Date
1938
Description
This barrow was excavated in 1938 by S and C M Piggott, who found that the barrow had been disturbed, presumably by antiquarian investigation. Nevertheless, they recorded a cremation burial under an inverted cinerary urn in a shallow pit cut into the chalk. They recorded the barrow mound as 35 feet in diameter and 1½ feet high.
Sources/Archives (6)
- --- SDO17982 (No record type): English Heritage. 1994. Rescue Excavation: 1938 to1972. 27.
- <1> SDO16772 Article in serial: Piggott, Stuart, and Piggott, C M. 1944. 'Excavation of Barrows on Crichel and Launceston Downs, Dorset'; Archaeologia 90. 47-80.
- <2> SDO132 Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 135.
- <3> SDO99 Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1972. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume IV (North). 107.
- <4> SWX9167 Monograph: Longworth, I H. 1984. Collared Urns of the Bronze Age in Great Britain and Ireland. 188.
- <5>XY SDO16497 Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 651459. [Mapped feature: #8501 ]
Record last edited
May 11 2022 12:23PM
