EDO7023 - Bowl barrow on Cannon Hill, Colehill; excavation 1845

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Location

Grid reference SU 0403 0104 (point)
Map sheet SU00SW
Civil Parish Colehill; Dorset

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Organisation

Not recorded.

Date

1845

Description

A barrow on Cannon Hill was excavated by was excavated by J H Austen in 1845 with no resulting finds. The barrow is thought most likely to have been one of RCHME Inventory numbers Colehill 7, 8 or 9 (MDO5709, MDO5710, MDO5713).

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Monograph: Warne, C. 1866. The Celtic Tumuli of Dorset (1866). No. 32.
  • <2> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1975. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East). 4.
  • <3>XY Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 651166. [Mapped feature: #8591 ]

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Oct 30 2020 1:01PM

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