Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for DEVERELL

DEVERELL, a hill near Milborne-St. Andrew, in Dorset; 9 miles NE by E of Dorchester. A barrow here, about 55 feet in diameter, and originallv 12 feet high, was opened in 1825, and found to contain many human remains, twenty rude earthen urns, and two rude earthen cups.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a hill"   (ADL Feature Type: "mountains")
Administrative units: Dorset AncC

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