EWX982 - Linear Dyke on Black Down, Winterbourne Steepleton; excavation 1956

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Location

Grid reference SY 60070 87950 (point)
Map sheet SY68NW
Civil Parish Littlebredy; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Organisation

Royal Commission on Historical Monuments

Date

1956

Description

Small-scale excavation at the point where the dyke forms part of an enclosure showed the bank to be 12 feet wide and 1 foot high, and the ditch 9 feet wide, 2 feet across the bottom, and 3 feet deep. A few pieces of coarse, undecorated pottery were found in the filling of the ditch, suggesting a late Bronze Age date.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 650984.
  • --- Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3. 519.

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Feb 27 2021 9:42AM

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