EWX497 - Half Mile from Creech Grange; excavation 1856

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Location

Grid reference	SY 91000 82000 (point)
Map sheet	SY98SW

Technique(s)

EXCAVATION

Organisation

Not recorded.

Date

1856

Description

NRHE: A possible Romano-British settlement excavated within the grounds of Creech Grange. Occupation dates from the 2nd to the 4th century with inconclusive evidence for the presence of a pottery kiln. SY 98 SW 31.

Sources/Archives (2)

<1> SWX4501 Monograph: Austen, J H. 1856-7. Purbeck Papers 1. 113-115.
<2> SDO16497 Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 650518.

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Oct 10 2023 12:17PM

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