EDO80 - Barrow on Launceston Down South, Tarrant Launceston (Piggott 6); excavation 1938
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Location
| Grid reference | ST 9590 1060 (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 three extended inhumation burials in a shallow scraping in the chalk. These burials are thought perhaps to be intrusive and probably of pagan Saxon origin.
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> SWX3113 Monograph: Dayrell Reed, T. 1947. The Rise of Wessex, a Further Essay in Dark Age History. 286.
- <3> SDO132 Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 135.
- <4> SDO99 Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1972. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume IV (North). 107.
- <5>XY SDO16497 Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 651484. [Mapped feature: #8509 ]
Record last edited
May 11 2022 12:38PM
