EWX689 - Round Barrow, Lansdowne, Bournemouth: antiquarian excavation 1874

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Location

Grid reference SZ 09419 91468 (point)
Map sheet SZ09SE
Unitary Authority Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

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Date

1874

Description

Calkin records he was informed by Mr John Mills that when he was a boy in 1874 he had dug out four urns, a central one with capstone and three others. The urns were of plain oval shape and undecorated. They had been kept in his father's builders yard but were subsequently lost.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 650727.
  • <1> Article in serial: Calkin, J B. 1962. 'The Bournemouth Area in the Middle and Late Bronze Age with the 'Deverel-Rimbury' Problem Reconsidered' The Archaeological Journal. 119. 5.

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Mar 22 2021 5:35PM

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