EDO145 - Launceston Down North Barrow Group, Tarrant Launceston; excavation 1864

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Location

Grid reference ST 9545 1145 (point)
Map sheet ST91SE
Civil Parish Tarrant Launceston; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Organisation

Not recorded.

Date

1938

Description

A group of at least five small barrows examined by the Revd J H Austen in 1864. The exact location of each barrow is not known, and they are no longer visible as earthworks.

Sources/Archives (5)

  • <1> Monograph: Warne, C. 1866. The Celtic Tumuli of Dorset (1866). 2:5.
  • <2> Article in serial: Piggott, Stuart, and Piggott, C M. 1944. 'Excavation of Barrows on Crichel and Launceston Downs, Dorset'; Archaeologia 90. 47-80.
  • <3> Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 135.
  • <4> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1972. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume IV (North). 107.
  • <5> Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 651480.

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Sep 28 2020 4:08PM

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