EDO98 - Barrow on Bincombe Down, one of the Ridgeway Hill Group, Bincombe; excavation 1963
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Location
| Grid reference | SY 6755 8583 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SY68NE |
| Civil Parish | Bincombe; Dorset |
| Unitary Authority | Dorset |
Technique(s)
Organisation
Not recorded.
Date
1963
Description
Excavation of a ditched bowl barrow by M E Best in 1963 showed the barrow had been built on a land surface with several pits containing late Neolithic material, possibly indicating an occupation site. The barrow consisted of a central cairn covered by a turf stack capped with chalk. Under the cairn was a contracted inhumation in a central cist, and unaccompanied contracted child inhumation in another cist, and six secondary inhumations.
Sources/Archives (5)
- --- SDO16497 Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 650782.
- --- SDO64 Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1965. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1964. 86. 102.
- --- SDO150 Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3. 456.
- --- SWX1703 Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1982. Dorset Barrows Supplement. 33.
- --- SDO17982 (No record type): English Heritage. 1994. Rescue Excavation: 1938 to1972. 16.
Record last edited
May 12 2022 11:35AM
