Find Spot record MDO2746 - Roman nail cleaner, Toller Porcorum

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Summary

A copper-alloy nail cleaner found by D M Austin in 1972 during the digging of a test pit to explore a surface scatter of medieval pottery. The object was found in the surface layer and was interpreted as a casual loss, since no other finds or features of Roman date were recorded.

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Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1975, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1974, 70-71 (Serial). SDO74.

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  • --- Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1975. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1974. 96. 70-71.

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Grid reference SY 5536 9536 (point)
Map sheet SY59NE
Civil Parish Toller Porcorum; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 116 013

Record last edited

Apr 3 2021 3:06PM

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