Monument record MDO6073 - Bronze Age burial on Handley Down, Sixpenny Handley

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Summary

A burial found during excavations by Pitt-Rivers and described as having no obvious surface marker. A circular grave around 6 feet in diameter contained a skeleton in a crouched position with a beaker pot decorated with fingernail impressions.

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Full Description

Radiocarbon dating by the British Museum of a femur from the skeleton associated with the Beaker produced a result of 3760 +/- 50 BP (BM-2518), which calibrated to 2340-2020 cal BC at 95% confidence. This date was as expected for a mid-carinated finger-nail decorated vessel which date from circa 2300 BC onwards. <4-6>

Sources/Archives (7)

  • <1> Monograph: Pitt-Rivers, A H L F. 1898. Excavations in Cranborne Chase near Rushmore on the Borders of Dorset and Wilts 1893-96 Volume IV. 60, 114.
  • <2> Monograph: Clarke, D L. 1970. Beaker Pottery of Great Britain and Ireland. 479.
  • <3>XY Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1975. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East). 70. [Mapped feature: #343363 ]
  • <4> Serial: 1991. Scottish Archaeological Review 8. 8. 35-68.
  • <5> Serial: 1992. Radiocarbon; An International Journal of Cosmogenic Isotope Research. 34. 916-27.
  • <6> Serial: Prehistoric Society. 2005. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 71. 71. 171-217.
  • <7> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 213499.

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Location

Grid reference SU 0120 1723 (point)
Map sheet SU01NW
Civil Parish Sixpenny Handley; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 3 020 028
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SU 01 NW 16
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 213499
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Sixpenny Handley 28

Record last edited

Mar 8 2023 8:56AM

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