EDO6867 - Castle Hill, Cranborne; excavation 1800-1899

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Location

Grid reference SU 0597 1263 (point)
Map sheet SU01SE
Civil Parish Cranborne; Dorset

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Description

An undecorated bucket urn reported to have been found on Castle Hill in the nineteenth century, possibly in the course of antiquarian investigation. Interpreted as the possible site of a barrow.

Sources/Archives (4)

  • --- Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 651174.
  • <1> Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1908. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club for 1908. 29. 29.
  • <1> Monograph: Warne, C. 1866. The Celtic Tumuli of Dorset (1866). 2:5.
  • <2> Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 104.

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Aug 24 2020 3:22PM

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