EDO6847 - Bowl barrow in East Down Plantation, Winterborne Whitechurch; excavation 1908
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Location
| Grid reference | ST 8633 0077 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | ST80SE |
Technique(s)
Organisation
Not recorded.
Date
1908
Description
In 1908 J C Mansel-Pleydell excavated three barrows when East Down House was built. The most northerly barrow contained a central cist with a cremation burial and what appears to have been a low flint wall within the mound with traces of fire inside it. Later burials were found in the mound. A small bucket urn and fragments of a globular urn may have come from the other two barrows. There are pottery drawings, some from Shipp's scrapbook.
Sources/Archives (3)
- <1> SDO136 Monograph: Royal Commission on Historic Monuments. 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 2. 2. 314.
- <2> SDO52 Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1953. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1952. 74. 104-106.
- <3> SDO16497 Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 651489.
Record last edited
Sep 2 2021 1:59PM
