EDO1399 - Allard's Quarry, Marnhull; excavation 1932

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Location

Grid reference ST 7953 1995 (point)
Map sheet ST71NE
Civil Parish Marnhull; Dorset

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Date

1932

Description

Excavations by C E Bean (and subsequently by Mrs A Williams in 1944-5) revealed an Iron Age and Romano-British settlement site and inhumation burials. The Iron Age settlement was unoccupied from the 1st century until late in the 3rd century when it was re-occupied.

Sources/Archives (5)

  • <1> Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1951. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1950. 72. 20-75.
  • <2> Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1952. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1951. 73. 106.
  • <3> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 1. Volume Two (South East) Part I. 160.
  • <4> Article in serial: Goodburn, R. 1978. 'Roman Britain in 1978: 1. Sites explored' Britannia. 10. 176.
  • <5> Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 651380.

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Dec 23 2021 7:25PM

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