EDO251 - Stephen's Castle, Verwood; antiquarian excavation 1828

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Location

Grid reference SU 09108 09708 (point)
Map sheet SU00NE
Civil Parish Verwood; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Not recorded.

Date

1828

Description

Investigated by Wake Smart, who found a cremation under an inverted urn reported as having fingertip decoration and being of probable Late Bronze Age date.

Sources/Archives (5)

  • <1> Monograph: Warne, C. 1866. The Celtic Tumuli of Dorset (1866). 18.
  • <2> Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows.
  • <3> Serial: Royal Archaeological Institute. 1962. Archaeological Journal 119. 119. 54.
  • <4> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1975. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East). 74.
  • <5> Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 651275.

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Oct 1 2020 5:05PM

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