EDO6967 - Iron Age/Romano-British settlement on Gussage Cowdown, Gussage St Michael; excavation 1821

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Location

Grid reference ST 9910 1430 (point)
Map sheet ST91SE
Civil Parish Gussage St Michael; Dorset

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Organisation

Not recorded.

Date

1821

Description

Investigated by Richard Colt Hoare in the early 19th century. His description suggests that the settlement was relatively undamaged at that time.

Sources/Archives (5)

  • <1> Monograph: Warne, C. 1872. Ancient Dorset. 200, 203.
  • <2> Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1969. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1968. 90. 163-164.
  • <3> Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1970. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1969. 91. 193.
  • <4> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1975. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East). 24.
  • <5>XY Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 651178. [Mapped feature: #8515 ]

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Sep 30 2020 11:53AM

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