EWX747 - Ridgeway Hill Group; antiquarian investigation 1784

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Location

Grid reference SY 68000 84000 (point)
Map sheet SY68SE
Civil Parish Bincombe; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Date

1784

Description

A round barrow on Ridgeway Hill was opened in 1784 by the Duke of Northumberland. Grinsell No: BINCOMBE 49C

Sources/Archives (4)

  • --- Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 650795.
  • --- Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 92.
  • --- Monograph: Warne, C. 1866. The Celtic Tumuli of Dorset (1866). TOVP 7.
  • --- Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1953. The Ancient Burial Mounds of England.

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Parent/preceding Site Events/Activities (1)

  • Ridgeway Hill Group; excavation 1800 to 1899

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Apr 9 2021 5:06PM

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