Monument Number 884854 |
| Hob Uid: 884854 | |
Location :
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Non Civil Parish
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| Grid Ref : SZ1798090550 |
| Summary : Site of a Bronze Age round barrow, excavated in 1919 by Harold St George Gray. He found a pottery vessel inverted over a cremation deposit, as well as three burnt arreas, flints including a scraper, Mesolithic flints, and Iron Age potsherds. Most of the finds went to Taunton Museum. In 1954, Ordnance Survey field investigation recorded the barrow as a heather covered mound 8 metres in diameter and 0.5 metres high with a large hollow in the centre. |
More information : (SZ 17979055) Tumuli (NR) (1)
A cremation in an urn (type unknown) was found within this barrow when excavated by St George Gray in 1919. Excavation unpublished. Porbably one of two weres given to the late Gordon Selfridge, the remaining material probably went to Taunton Museum. (2)
A heather covered mound, 8.0m in diameter and 0.5m high eith a large hollow in the centre. (3)
No change. Published 1:2500 survey revised. (4)
Barrow 13 (Gray's mound J) Prior to excavation this mound was 14m in diameter with a maximum height of 0.7m. Excavations located a complete cinerary urn inverted over a cremation, three burnt areas were also recorded. Flint implements including a scraper, core and Mesolithic flakes were recovered. Iron Age pottery was also recovered. (5) |