EDO7362 - Ailwood Down Group, Corfe Castle; antiquarian excavation 1826

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Location

Grid reference SY 9950 8155 (point)
Map sheet SY98SE
Civil Parish Corfe Castle; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Organisation

Not recorded.

Date

1826

Description

One of these group of barrows was opened some time before 1826 by W A Miles, who found burnt bones, interpreted as a cremation burial.

Sources/Archives (5)

  • --- Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 650448.
  • --- Monograph: Miles, W A. 1826. Deverel Barrow.
  • --- Unpublished document: Papworth, M. 1994. Eastington, Acton, Westwood, Wilkswood, New Barn, Corfe Castle Estate, Wessex Region. 40.
  • --- Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 103.
  • --- Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3. 443.

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Jul 11 2021 2:26PM

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