EWX920 - Barrows on the Knoll, Puncknowle; excavation 1959

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Location

Grid reference SY 53310 87830 (point)
Map sheet SY58NW
Civil Parish Puncknowle; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Organisation

Not recorded.

Date

1959

Description

Excavation uncovered the probable site of the pyre, a primary urned cremation located in a pit which was covered by cairn which in turn was covered by an earthen mound, 14th-13th century BC. The top of the mound was cut into by a World War two sandbag trench.

Sources/Archives (5)

  • --- (No record type): English Heritage. 1994. Rescue Excavation: 1938 to1972. 58.
  • <1> Serial: 1969. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 26. Vol 26. 343.
  • <2> Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1982. Dorset Barrows Supplement. 48.
  • <3> Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1985. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1984. 106. 63-76.
  • <4> Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 651042.

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May 12 2022 10:04AM

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