Monument record MDO47569 - Round Barrow, Creech Hill, Church Knowle

(SY 9282). A round barrow "near the lime kiln" on Creech Hill was excavated by the Rev J H Austen about 1856.

It was 97 paces in circumference by about 4 feet high and contained three primary contracted inhumations, one with a trepanned rounded from a child's skull, within a central flint cairn. There were also two secondary extended inhumations.

Grinsell says this barrow might be the one near the old chalk pit on Stonehill Down (SY 98 SW 6).

The Royal Commission suggest it is the barrow on Creech Barrow hill (SY 98 SW 7).(1-3)

<1> Warne, C, 1866, The Celtic Tumuli of Dorset (1866), tovp 67 No 90 (Monograph). SWX8166.

<2a> Grinsell, L V, Purbeck Papers, 113-4 (Article in serial). SDO20379.

<2> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 78 163 (Monograph). SDO132.

<3> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 422 (Monograph). SDO150.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Sep 16 2024 10:21AM