Monument record MDO8623 - Barrow 6, Hengistbury Head

A Bronze Age round barrow sited on the northern part of Warren Hill, Hengistbury Head. It was excavated in 1911 by Bushe-Fox, who found potsherds, including some of collared urns, and a quantity of worked flints, some of them Mesolithic in date. No certain burial deposit was located, but some deposits of charcoal and pottery might represent disturbed secondary burials.

Round barrow of gravel and sand, about 42 ft Diam and 2 ft high. Fully excavated 1911-12. Fragments of several small pots (one certainly of an overhanging-rim urn, and another probably) was found in it, but nothing to suggest a burial. There was also a 'fair number' of worked flints (described). <1> A mutilated heather-covered mound. Diam 10.0m, Ht 1.0m. <3> No change. Published 1:2500 survey revised. <4> Barrow 6 (Bushe Fox Barrow III) A barrow 12.8m in diameter, 1.2m high. Bushe Fox gave very little detail about his excavations on this barrow. No central burial was located, but charcoal deposits within the south east sector are thought to represent secondary burials. At least two collared urns were recovered, one is of Longworth's Primary Series, form IV. Mesolithic flint including a borer and possible fabricator were also recovered, and also a core and scraper of uncertain date. <5> A round barrow situated on the northern part of Warren Hill, Hengistbury Head. It was about 12.8 metres in diameter and about 1.2 metres high. The barrow was excavated by Bushe-Fox in 1911. No central burial was located by the excavation, but several separate deposits in the southeast part of the mound may be the remains of disturbed secondary burials. These deposits included an extensive patch of burnt oak, another patch of burnt oak associated with pot sherds and four other deposits of pot sherds associated with black charcoaly soil. At least two collared urns were found, only one of which survives. This is an incomplete collared urn of Longworth’s Primary Series, form IV. Quantities of worked flint were also recovered, including some probable residual Mesolithic implements. <1> <5>

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