EDO6906 - Barrow south of Wor Barrow, Sixpenny Handley; excavation 1894
Please read our guidance about the use of Dorset Historic Environment Record data.
Location
| Grid reference | SU 0128 1726 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SU01NW |
| Civil Parish | Sixpenny Handley; Dorset |
Technique(s)
Organisation
Not recorded.
Date
1894
Description
Examined by General Pitt-Rivers in 1894 (having been excavated by Richard Colt Hoare in the early 19th century) who found fragments of a skeleton lying on a heap of flint nodules at the centre of the barrow. He also described a crouched skeleton found 8½ feet west of the centre and a foot below the surface. This skeleton had a jet slider with it, and sherds of Mortlake Ware at the bottom of the ditch and below the mound, and pieces of beaker and collared urn were also found.
Sources/Archives (4)
- <1> SDO16623 Monograph: Pitt-Rivers, A H L F. 1898. Excavations in Cranborne Chase near Rushmore on the Borders of Dorset and Wilts 1893-96 Volume IV. 59.
- <2> SDO132 Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 114.
- <3> SDO129 Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1975. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East). 71.
- <4>XY SDO16497 Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 651250. [Mapped feature: #8425 ]
Record last edited
Feb 15 2023 7:36AM