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Site name Ring Ditches OGD3 (A37) and OGD4, Ogden Down, Gussage St Michael

Site number 1674

Burial codes 4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4031 4041 4048 4051 4053 4065 4075 4083 4092 4098 4104 4111 4128 4143 4152 4153 4161 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A double post circle enclosed ring ditch OGD3 (A37) from which a double post avenue led due south to the small ring ditch OGD4 c65m away. No datable finds were made in the former, but the latter contained an upright urned secondary cremation near the south east edge of the mound of Middle Bronze Age date. A well stratified transverse arrow head found in the ditch suggested a possible Late Neolithic date for the building of the monument. The avenue was laid out at right angles to the Cursus, and aligned on a round barrow c300m to the north.

Remains/Period Y4

County Dorset

Region S

National grid square ST

X coordinate 971

Y coordinate 129

Bibliographic source Green 1992

Query

Site name	Ring Ditches OGD3 (A37) and OGD4, Ogden Down, Gussage St Michael
Site number	1674
Burial codes	4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4031 4041 4048 4051 4053 4065 4075 4083 4092 4098 4104 4111 4128 4143 4152 4153 4161 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A double post circle enclosed ring ditch OGD3 (A37) from which a double post avenue led due south to the small ring ditch OGD4 c65m away. No datable finds were made in the former, but the latter contained an upright urned secondary cremation near the south east edge of the mound of Middle Bronze Age date. A well stratified transverse arrow head found in the ditch suggested a possible Late Neolithic date for the building of the monument. The avenue was laid out at right angles to the Cursus, and aligned on a round barrow c300m to the north.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Dorset
Region	S
National grid square	ST
X coordinate	971
Y coordinate	129
Bibliographic source	Green 1992