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Wessex Sarsen Stone Survey
Catalogue reference: WSS
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This record is about the Wessex Sarsen Stone Survey dating from 1974-1993.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- WSS
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Title (The name of the record)
- Wessex Sarsen Stone Survey
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1974-1993
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Description (What the record is about)
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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.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Society of Antiquaries of London
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- SAL/MS/953/1-4 MS 953
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Wessex Sarsen Stone Survey
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- Four boxes of papers, maps and photographs, one box of photographs and two folders of maps.
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
- Mostly deposited in 1975-7; Hampshire, 1993.
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- Society of Antiquaries online catalogue: https://collections.sal.org.uk/wss
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/3ac4d0e5-7adb-41f9-896b-dc88f02202b3/
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Wessex Sarsen Stone Survey