EDO7480 - Rough barrow on Cheselbourne Common; excavation 1839

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Location

Grid reference ST 7615 0051 (point) Placed in approximate centre of parish, as location of barrow unknown.
Map sheet ST70SE
Civil Parish Cheselbourne; Dorset

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Not recorded.

Date

1839

Description

NRHE: Warne No: TOVP 97. Archive ref: Shipp's Scrapbook: Shipp, W/Dorsetshire//:48. Round barrow, cinerary urn.

Sources/Archives (4)

  • --- Monograph: Warne, C. 1866. The Celtic Tumuli of Dorset (1866). 3:75.
  • ---XY Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 650843. [Mapped feature: #9296 ]
  • --- Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 100.
  • --- Monograph: Wools, C. 1839. The Barrow Diggers. A dialogue in imitation of the Grave Diggers in Hamlet.. 92.

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Aug 17 2021 11:13AM

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