EDO7529 - Bowl barrow on Handley Hill, Sixpenny Handley; excavation 1896
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Location
| Grid reference | SU 0098 1654 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SU01NW |
| Civil Parish | Sixpenny Handley; Dorset |
Technique(s)
Organisation
Not recorded.
Date
1896
Description
Excavations by General Pitt-Rivers in 1896 revealed a low mound surrounded by a small penannular ditch with a causeway on the south west. Beneath the mound were three pits, two interpreted as unoccupied graves. Immediately to the south west of the barrow fifty-two cremations were discovered, nearly all in urns.
Sources/Archives (6)
- <1> SDO16623 Monograph: Pitt-Rivers, A H L F. 1898. Excavations in Cranborne Chase near Rushmore on the Borders of Dorset and Wilts 1893-96 Volume IV. 147-157.
- <3> SDO132 Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 114.
- <4> SWX3709 Article in serial: Calkin, J B. 1962. The Bournemouth Area in the Middle and Late Bronze Age, with the 'Deverel Rimbury' problem reconsidered. Vol 119. 54-56.
- <5> SDO129 Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1975. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East). 71.
- <6> SDO16497 Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 651262.
- <6> SDO16497 Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 651263.
Record last edited
Sep 17 2021 10:58AM
