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Monument Number 458716
Hob Uid: 458716
Location : Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Non Civil Parish
Grid Ref : SZ1670091060
Summary : Site of a probable Bronze Age round barrow near Hengistbury Head. It was excavated by H St George Gray in 1919. He was unable to locate any burial but it is unclear how extensive his excavation was. Some worked flint, including a scraper, was found. A telephone cable trench cut in 1958 skirted the barrow, and a collared urn was found, perhaps representing a secondary burial deposit? The finds from Gray's excavations are in Taunton Museum, while the collared urn is in the Red House Museum, Christchurch. Ordnance Survey field investigation in 1954 described the barrow as an elongated mound cut in two by a wall. It measured 22 metres by 17 metres, with no visible ditch (height not given). Its shape had prompted suggestions that it may have been a long barrow, but it seems more likely to be an irregular or mutilated round barrow.
More information : (SZ 16699106) (One of a group of 3) Tumuli (NR) (1) Appears to be a Long Barrow (2) Excavated by H St G Gray in 1918. Non-sepulchral. Finds in Taunton. Excavation unpublished. (3) An elongated mound cut in two by a wall. N-S 22.0m, E-W 17.0m. Grass-covered and with no visible ditch. More likely to be a misshapen or mutilated 'round' barrow than a true Long Barrow (4) No change. Published 1:2500 survey revised. A Middle Bronze Age collared urn was found in 1958 during trenching for a telegraph cable, which skirted this barrow and that adjacent on its east side. It therefore almost certainly came from one of them. In Red House Museum. (5) Barrow 4 (St George Gray Barrow B) an oval mound which was originally a round barrow, excavated by St George Gray in 1919. No burials or pottery were recovered. Worked flint including a scraper were recovered. The urn recovered from the telephone cable (b) is now thought to be a secondary burial from this barrow. The urn is of Longworth's Primary Series, Form Bi. (6)

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Source details : J Lavender, Curator Red House Museum Christchurch.
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Bronze Age
Display Date : Bronze Age
Monument End Date : -700
Monument Start Date : -2600
Monument Type : Bowl Barrow, Burial
Evidence : Earthwork, Conjectural Evidence

Monument Period Name : Later Prehistoric
Display Date : Later Prehistoric
Monument End Date : 43
Monument Start Date : -4000
Monument Type : Findspot
Evidence : Find

Components and Objects:

Period : Bronze Age
Component Monument Type : Bowl Barrow, Burial
Object Type : VESSEL
Object Material : Pottery

Period : Later Prehistoric
Component Monument Type : Findspot
Object Type : SCRAPER (TOOL)
Object Material : Flint

Related Records from other datasets:

External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SZ 19 SE 73
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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1954-07-15
End Date : 1954-07-15

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1969-03-19
End Date : 1969-03-19

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 458716