EDO733 - Mound on Holme Heath, East Holme; excavation 1956

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Location

Grid reference SY 9060 8530 (point)
Map sheet SY98NW
Civil Parish East Holme; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Organisation

Royal Commission on Historical Monuments

Date

1956

Description

RCHM excavated one of the mounds (a) in 1956 and found that it was built of sods piled direct on an old ground surface. There was no ditch and no internal feature of any sort. The only find, of a rough flint scraper in the body of the mound, had no significance since similar artefacts can be picked up on the heath around. There appeared to be the remains of at least four generations of trees.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • ---XY Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 650480. [Mapped feature: #9348 ]
  • --- Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3. 481-482.

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Sep 6 2021 11:35AM

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