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Content summary: 17 September 1801 : copy of a letter from William Cunnington to Rev. T Leman – copy of a letter from WmC to Rev. T Leman – has opened one of seven barrows between Chitterne and Codford with Mr and Mrs Townsend of Chitterne. Describes a burial with a wooden shield covered with slis of brass, thinks it could have been a Dane or Saxon interred in an earlier burial. Some small fragments of woollen cloth were found.

Summary: 17 September 1801 : copy of a letter from William Cunnington to Rev. T Leman – copy of a letter from WmC to Rev. T Leman – has opened one of seven barrows between Chitterne and Codford with Mr and Mrs Townsend of Chitterne. Describes a burial with a wooden shield covered with slis of brass, thinks it could have been a Dane or Saxon interred in an earlier burial. Some small fragments of woollen cloth were found.