EWX1806 - Metlands, Steppes Farm, Frampton; excavation 1997

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Location

Grid reference SY 62330 94020 (point)
Map sheet SY69SW
Civil Parish Frampton; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Organisation

Bournemouth University

Date

Not recorded.

Description

Section of the water channel formerly thought to be a continuation of the Dorchester Roman aqueduct revealed a flint causeway carrying the channel through the marshy valley bottom. It is thought to have served the Benedictine Priory on the site of Frampton House.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1998. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1997. 119. 167.
  • <2> Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 1168973.

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Feb 17 2021 5:02PM

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