Mount Pleasant, Dorset Excavations 1970-1971

• Main Author: Wainwright, G. J. (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: London Society of Antiquaries of London 1979
• Series: Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London XXXVII
• Subjects: Archaeology by period / region; Prehistoric archaeology; Medieval European archaeology; Landscape archaeology; excavation; archaeology; Roman; revetment; palisade; potsherd; pottery; earthwork; hill-fort; Neolithic; Bronze Age; coins; fortifications; barrow; woodhenge; causewayed enclosure
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This is an account of the excavations at Mount Pleasant, Dorset, in southern England, undertaken in 1970 to 1971. Included are descriptions of human remains and artefacts such as pottery, coins, weaponry and metalwork, together with an account of the methodology used to unearth these.