Find Spot record MDO29269 - Roman Altar south of Kingston Barn, Corfe Castle

In 1960 Mr P A Brown discovered a small uninscribed stone altar of Purbeck stone near the track south of Kingston Barn where he had previously found Romano-British and earlier pottery. The stone is 14.5 inches high, has a plain back, and is simply and not quite horizontally carved on front and sides to form base, die, and capital of an altar of usual Roman shape.

<1> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1962, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1961, 85-86 (Serial). SDO61.

<2> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1961, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1960, 86 (Serial). SDO60.

<3> Historic England, Historic England Archive, CC71/01111 (Index). SDO14738.

ROMAN ALTAR - ROUGHLY MADE OF PURBECK STONE, 14 INCHES HIGH

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 456426 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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