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Monument Number 458721
Hob Uid: 458721
Location : Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Non Civil Parish
Grid Ref : SZ1674091050
Summary : Site of a Bronze Age bowl barrow, excavated in 1919 by Harold St george Gray. He found no burial, but it is not clear how extensive his excavation was. Finds included burnt flints, worked flint including a scraper, and potsherds described as Iron Age. The finds are in Taunton Museum. Ordnance Survey field investigation in 1954 described the mound as having been extensively damaged by rabbits and a modern road. It was approximately 18 metres in diameter and 0.70 metres high.
More information : (SZ 16739106) (One of three) Tumuli (NR) (1) Excavated by H St G Gray 1918. Non-sepulchral. Finds in Taunton Museum. Excavation unpublished. (2) A bowl barrow extensively mutilated by a modern road and by rabbits. Approximate Diam. 18.0m, Ht 0.7m. (3) No change. Published 1:2500 survey revised. (4) Barrow 5 (St. George Gray Barrow A). A small mound 18m in diameter, excavated by Gray in 1919. Burnt flint and worked flint including a scraper recovered, and Iron Age pottery recovered but no evidence of burials recorded. (5)

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Source details : OS 6" 1931
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Source details : F2 FGA 19-MAR-69
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Source Number : 5
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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
Evidence : Earthwork

Monument Period Name : Iron Age
Display Date : Iron Age
Monument End Date : 43
Monument Start Date : -800
Monument Type : Findspot
Evidence : Find

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 : Iron Age
Component Monument Type : Findspot
Object Type : VESSEL
Object Material : Pottery

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

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SZ 19 SE 74
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Associated Activities :
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 458721