EWX412 - Five Marys Group of barrows, Chaldon Herring; excavation 1866
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Location
| Grid reference | SY 79070 84210 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SY78SE |
| Civil Parish | Chaldon Herring; Dorset |
| Unitary Authority | Dorset |
Technique(s)
Organisation
Not recorded.
Date
1866
Description
Two of the Five Marys were investigated by the Duchess of Berry before 1866. The mounds covered deep chalk-cut graves, each containing a contracted (described as 'sitting') male inhumation with stag antlers on each shoulder; one also held a female skeleton with antlers similarly placed and the other contained a cremation in an urn in the upper part of the mound.
Sources/Archives (5)
- --- SDO16497 Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 650429.
- --- SDO150 Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3. 441.
- --- SDO11486 Monograph: Hutchins, J. 1868. The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset. Volume 3. 3rd edition. 3. 346.
- --- SWX8134 Monograph: Keen, L, and Carreck, A (eds). 1987 . Historic landscape of Weld: the Weld Estate Dorset.. 15.
- --- SWX8166 Monograph: Warne, C. 1866. The Celtic Tumuli of Dorset (1866). 11.
Record last edited
Aug 11 2021 4:23PM
