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EDO6881 - Bowl barrow on Oakley Down, Wimborne St Giles; excavation 1804

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Location

Grid reference	SU 0203 1751 (point)
Map sheet	SU01NW
Civil Parish	Wimborne St Giles; Dorset

Technique(s)

EXCAVATION

Organisation

Not recorded.

Date

1804

Description

Excavated by Richard Colt Hoare in 1804 (Hoare no. 5).

Sources/Archives (4)

<1> SDO16725 Monograph: Colt Hoare, Sir Richard. 1812. The Ancient History of Wiltshire. Vol 1. 236-7.
<2> SDO132 Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 144.
<3> SDO129 Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1975. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East). 102.
<4>XY SDO16497 Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 651322. [Mapped feature: #8401 ]

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Aug 25 2020 3:49PM

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