EWX386 - Lower Hyde Heath, Bere Regis; excavation 1890

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Location

Grid reference SY 88339 90890 (point)
Map sheet SY89SE
Civil Parish Bere Regis; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Organisation

Not recorded.

Date

1890

Description

An excavation was attempted on the larger of the two mounds by Major C E Radclyffe about 1890. A trench about 2½ to 3 ft (wide?) was driven through at ground level to the centre, but when nothing was found the workmen employed, filled in the trench. At the time it did not occur to him that the interment, if any, would probably be below ground level.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • --- Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 650402.
  • --- Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3. 435.
  • --- Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 88.

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Apr 14 2021 5:02PM

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