EDO6782 - Disc barrow between Iwerne and West Lodge, Iwerne Minster; excavation 1846

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Location

Grid reference ST 8861 1471 (point)
Map sheet ST81SE
Civil Parish Iwerne Minster; Dorset

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Organisation

Not recorded.

Date

1846

Description

A Bronze Age disc barrow on Iwerne Down was discovered and excavated by Shipp in 1846. Seven cremations were found in the mound, the central one in an urn.

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <1> Monograph: Warne, C. 1866. The Celtic Tumuli of Dorset (1866). 2:4.
  • <2> Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1929. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1928. 50. 121-2.
  • <3> Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 168.
  • <4> Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 651373.

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Jun 18 2020 7:10AM

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