EDO7243 - High Wood, Pamphill; salvage excavation 1987

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Location

Grid reference ST 9677 0305 (point)
Map sheet ST90SE
Civil Parish Pamphill; Dorset

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National Trust (Wessex Region)

Date

1987

Description

Salvage excavation of a crouched inhumation exposed in the root bowl of a tree blown over in the south-west corner of the wood. The skeleton was radio-carbon dated to the Late Neolithic-Early Bronze Age period (2900-2600 cal BC/2920-2490 cal BC). This primary burial was then disturbed by a Later Bronze Age cremation. Iron Age and Roman finds were also recovered.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • ---XY Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 1324800. [Mapped feature: #8927 ]
  • --- Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 2000. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1999. 121. 155-58.

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