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The Excavation of an Iron Age Round Barrow near Handley, Dorset, 1969

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 November 2011

D. A. White
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Summary

The Handley barrow (no. 19 on Grinsell's list) had a small, low, round mound and a surrounding ditch that was almost square in plan. The mound covered a cremation pyre, among the ashes of which were found potsherds of probable Iron Age date.

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Research Article
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The Antiquaries Journal , Volume 50 , Issue 1 , March 1970 , pp. 26 - 36
Copyright
Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 1970

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