EWX1791 - Compact Farm, Worth Matravers; excavation 1952 to 1958

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Location

Grid reference SY 97430 77820 (point)
Map sheet SY97NE
Civil Parish Worth Matravers; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Organisation

Not recorded.

Date

1952-1958

Description

Excavation carried out after a silage pit was excavated and found to contain archaeological artefacts. Shale working debris and several artefacts were recovered, including Iron Age and Roman pottery, a bronze finger ring and a shale armlet.

Sources/Archives (4)

  • --- Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1956. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1954. 76. 77.
  • --- Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 1109003.
  • --- Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1961. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1960. 82. 86.
  • --- Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1965. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1964. 86. 118.

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Mar 13 2023 9:34AM

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