Find Spot record MDO8513 - Bronze Age pottery, Barrow Plot, Wick Lane, Bournemouth
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Summary
Quantities of Bronze Age pottery including tripartite urns and barrel and bucket urns were recovered from a field known as Barrow Plot on the south side of Wick Lane during gravel extraction in 1926-9. Some of these may have held cremations and been secondary burials to the barrow immediately to the east of the site.
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Full Description
A gravel pit in a plot of ground on the south side of Wick Lane adjacent to a barrow was active during 1926-9. Local antiquarian Herbert Druitt kept a close watch on this site and managed to recover a large quantity of finds from the Lower Palaeolithic to the Iron Age. The finds included four tripartite urns, and eleven barrel or bucket urns. Some of these may have been secondary burials adjacent to the barrow to the east. (1)
Sources/Archives (2)
Finds (2)
Related Monuments/Buildings (6)
- Related to: Bronze Age spearhead, Barrow Plot, Wick Lane, Bournemouth (Find Spot) (MDO8512)
- Related to: Early Bronze Age finds, Barrow Plot, Wick Lane, Bournemouth (Find Spot) (MDO8511)
- Related to: Iron Age Pottery, Barrow Plot, Wick Lane, Bournemouth (Find Spot) (MDO8514)
- Related to: Mesolithic finds, Barrow Plot, Wick Lane, Bournemouth (Find Spot) (MDO8509)
- Related to: Neolithic finds, Barrow Plot, Wick Lane, Bournemouth (Find Spot) (MDO8510)
- Related to: Palaeolithic handaxes, Barrow Plot, Wick Lane, Bournemouth (Find Spot) (MDO8508)
Related Events/Activities (0)
Location
| Grid reference | SZ 1523 9210 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SZ19SE |
| Unitary Authority | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole |
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 7 000 068 F
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SZ 19 SE 19
Record last edited
Sep 27 2013 5:25PM
