Collection: Grimes, W F: Excavation Archive

Date:
1930s-1950s
Location:
Barnsley, Cotswold, Gloucestershire
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Stanton Harcourt, West Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire
Burn Ground, Hampnett, Cotswold, Gloucestershire
Devils Quoits, Stanton Harcourt, West Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire
Hod Hill, Hanford, North Dorset, Dorset
Hod Hill, Stourpaine, North Dorset, Dorset
Maiden Castle Farm, Winterborne Monkton, West Dorset, Dorset
Saltway Barn Long Barrow, Bibury, Cotswold, Gloucestershire
Reference:
GRS01
Type:
Collection Containing Photographic, Graphic And Miscellaneous Material
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Description

Excavation archive containing material related to a number of sites in Dorset, including Hod Hill and Maiden Castle Farm, Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire. Some of the material has been published in Grimes, W.F. "Excavations on Defence Sites 1939-1945" Ministry of Works, Archaeology Report No.3, 1960. Recent additions to the collection (16/11/94) take the form of 5 scrap-books containing newspaper cuttings. Four of the books have cuttings relating to the Temple of Mithras and one has more general information. Separate acquisition of publication related artwork and photography for "Excavations on Defence Sites 1939-1945" Ministry of Works, Archaeology Report No.3, 1960.

Archival History

Publication material for "Excavations on Defence Sites 1939-1945" Ministry of Works, Archaeology Report No.3, 1960 was transferred to the collection from the English Heritage Historic Plans Room, 2005.

Content

This Collection is divided into 1 Child Series
This Collection contains the following materials:
Photograph (Negative): 75
Photograph (Print): 75
Photograph (Print): 372
Annotated Map: 7
Distribution Map: 1
Excavation Plan: 41
Excavation Plan: 19
Measured Drawing: 4
Measured Drawing: 3
Scrap Book: 5

Rights

© Crown Copyright. Historic England Archive

© Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England

© W F GRIMES

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People & Organisations

Creator Of Archive: Grimes, W F

Keywords

Bronze Age Bowl Barrow, Bronze Age Burial, Early Medieval Burial, Early Medieval Cemetery, Bronze Age Cremation, Bronze Age Ditch, Roman Enclosure, Bronze Age Henge, Iron Age Hillfort, Roman Hillfort, Neolithic Long Barrow, Bronze Age Ring Ditch, Bronze Age Round Barrow, Iron Age Settlement, Roman Settlement, Uncertain Site, Roman Trackway