EWX435 - Eldon Seat, Encombe, Corfe Castle; excavation 1963-64

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Location

Grid reference SY 93900 77600 (point)
Map sheet SY97NW
Civil Parish Corfe Castle; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Not recorded.

Date

1963-1964

Description

Excavations in 1963-4 by Cunliffe revealed an Iron Age settlement consisting of huts, hearths and a small kiln. A lynchet containing Iron Age pottery at the base (and Roman pottery at the top was also recorded). A shale working site was also present.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1965. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1964. 86. 109.
  • <2> Article in serial: Cunliffe B and Phillipson D W. 1968. Excavations at Eldon's Seat, Encombe Dorset. (Parts I, II and IV). Vol 34.
  • <3> Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 650453.

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Oct 26 2020 6:20PM

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