Wessex Sarsen Stone Survey
Reference code
WSS
Title
Wessex Sarsen Stone Survey
Date
1974-1993
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and format
Four boxes of papers, maps and photographs, one box of photographs and two folders of maps.
Scope and content
Records of the survey of sarsen stones (grey-wether sandstones) in Dorset, Hampshire and Wiltshire; mostly 1974-7, with additional work on Hampshire 1986-93. The records consist of tally cards giving details of sarsens in Dorset, Hants. and Wilts., and reports, photographs, slides and maps.
The project was inaugurated by SA, 23 Feb. 1974. See H. C. Bowen, I. F. Smith, 'Sarsen Stones in Wessex: The Society's first investigations in the evolution of the landscape project', A.J., 57 (1977), 85-196.
The project was inaugurated by SA, 23 Feb. 1974. See H. C. Bowen, I. F. Smith, 'Sarsen Stones in Wessex: The Society's first investigations in the evolution of the landscape project', A.J., 57 (1977), 85-196.
Previous reference number(s)
SAL/MS/953/1-4
MS 953
MS 953
Archival history
Mostly deposited in 1975-7; Hampshire, 1993.
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