Monument record MDO47726 - Bowl barrow, Dewlish

From a barrow at Dewlish came a cup curiously slashed with vertical openings. It has two rows of twenty three incisions each. An incense cup. <1>

The incense cup (so called) illustrated on the Title Page (now in the Dorset Co. Museum Acc.No. 1885 16.40) was taken from a large tumulus removed for agricultural purposes on Burlestone Farm, near Dewlish Old Turnpike Gate. <2>

Abercromby's Type 2 (Pigmy cups) Group 3. <3>

The Old Turnpike Gate was at the Turnpike House, (SY 7809 9642). <4>

It would seem that this incense cup came from a now destroyed barrow in or near the Lord's Down group (SY 79 NE 21). No information regarding this barrow was found during fieldwork. <5>

Information as above. The barrow must have been adjacent to barrows in the Lord's Down group. <6>

<1> Society of Antiquaries of London, 1871, Archaeologia 43 (Serial). SDO17248.

<2> Warne, C, 1866, The Celtic Tumuli of Dorset (1866) (Monograph). SWX8166.

<3> Abercromby, J, 1912, A Study of the Bronze Age Pottery of Great Britain and Ireland, 118 No 225, Plate 80 (Monograph). SDO10121.

<4> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 13-NOV-54 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<4.1> Cross, J, Oral: J Cross, Dewlish Post Office (Verbal communication). SDO20154.

<5> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F2 NVQ 16-NOV-54 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<6> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 1, 54 (Monograph). SDO146.

<9> National Record of the Historic Environment, 454555 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Jan 11 2024 4:32PM