EWX934 - Hardown Hill, Whitchurch Canonicorum; excavation 1916

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Location

Grid reference SY 40510 94450 (point)
Map sheet SY49SW
Civil Parish Whitchurch Canonicorum; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Date

1916

Description

In 1916 one of the barrows on Hardown Hill was excavated and found to contain a pagan Saxon burial. The objects found included an umbo, axe-heads, spear-heads and a hammer-headed brooch.

Sources/Archives (5)

  • <1> Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1932. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1931. 53. 247-250.
  • <2> Serial: Society for Medieval Archaeology. 1972. Medieval Archaeology: journal of the Society for Medieval Archaeology 16. 16. 16.
  • <3> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England. 1952. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West). 265.
  • <4> Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 142.
  • <5> Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 651093.

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Nov 13 2020 5:04PM

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