EWX2266 - Portland Castle; evaluations 1999-2001

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Grid reference SY 68460 74350 (point) Centred on
Map sheet SY67SE
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Stewart Brown Associates

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Description

Watching briefs, evaluations and building recording carried out during building works at Portland Castle. Excavations revealed Limekilns, 449 prehistoric chert and flint objects, a large number of which were residual finds retrieved from post-medieval contexts. Many flint objects retrieved from prehistoric layers however date to the middle Bronze Age or later.

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  • --- Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 1403540.
  • <1> Unpublished document: Stewart Brown Associates. 2001. Portland Castle: Archaeological Evaluations, Watching Briefs and Building recording 1999-2001.

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Feb 11 2021 4:32PM

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