EDO6921 - Thorney Down, Sixpenny Handley; excavation 1898

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Location

Grid reference ST 9989 1533 (point)
Map sheet ST91NE
Civil Parish Sixpenny Handley; Dorset

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Organisation

Not recorded.

Date

1898

Description

A barrow situated east of milestone 'Blandford 9' was excavated by General Pitt-Rivers in 1989, and reconstructed by him after excavation. Salisbury Museum also holds a model of the site.

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <1> Monograph: Pitt-Rivers, A H L F. 1898. Excavations in Cranborne Chase near Rushmore on the Borders of Dorset and Wilts 1893-96 Volume IV. 144.
  • <2> Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 71.
  • <3> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1975. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East). 71.
  • <4>XY Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 651260. [Mapped feature: #8441 ]

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Sep 3 2020 3:23PM

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