Monument record MDO18523 - Alington Avenue; Bronze Age Cremation 1030

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Summary

Evidence for a Bronze Age cremation was discovered during excavations at Alington Avenue in the centre of the main site. It comprised an unurned burial in the southern section of the Early Bronze Age bipartite ring ditch. The burial was provisionally dated to the Bronze Age and was an adult female.

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  • <1> Monograph: Davies, S M, Bellamy, P S , Heaton, M J , and Woodward, P J. 2002. Excavations at Alington Avenue, Fordington, Dorchester, Dorset, 1984-87.

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Grid reference SY 70211 89956 (point)
Map sheet SY78NW
Civil Parish Dorchester; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Jan 10 2007 11:08AM

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