Monument record MDO21209 - Maumbury Rings - Execution site

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Executions are known to have taken place within Maumbury Rings during the eighteenth century.

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On 21 March 1706 Mary Channing was first strangled and then burnt at the stake for poisoning her husband.
Medeival or post medieval burials found within the rings may have been the remains of executed criminals


<1> Bradley, R, 1976, Maumbury Rings, Dorchester: The Excavations of 1908-1913, 1-97 (Article in serial). SDO9387.

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  • <1> Article in serial: Bradley, R. 1976. Maumbury Rings, Dorchester: The Excavations of 1908-1913. 105. 1-97.

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Grid reference SY 69012 89947 (point)
Map sheet SY68NE
Civil Parish Dorchester; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: MDO21209
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 68 NE 2
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Dorchester 228

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Aug 22 2024 7:39PM

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