Monument record MDO46156 - Roman burial, The Knoll, Puncknowle

A dressed limestone block was exposed by ploughing in 1966 in an area on the east side of Puncknoll Knoll where a scatter of Romano British pottery was known. Subsequent investigation and excavation revealed three other limestone blocks and an extended male skeleton but with no grave goods. Small sherds of Romano British pottery were found in all levels of the grave fill.

SY 536879. A scatter of RB pottery had been known for some time in a small field on the east side of Puncknoll Knoll although the slope of the land seemed to rule out the possibility of occupation. Ploughing in 1966 exposed a dressed limestone block. Investigation found this to be one of four blocks. The ecavations which followed uncovered an extended male skeleton with no accompanying grave goods. Small sherds of RB pottery were found in all levels of the grave fill. <1>

Full excavation report. <2>

Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, RCHM Ms File (unpublished revision of Dorset 1) (Unpublished document). SDO17382.

‘Many Romano-British sherds at N.E. end of The Knoll (536879).’

Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1982, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1980, 105 (Serial). SDO80.

Bailey, C J, 1982, The Bride Valley : the story of the past, with photographs of the present (Monograph). SWX1298.

<1> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1967, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1966, 108 (Serial). SDO66.

<2> Bailey, C J, 1986, The Romano-British site at Walls, Puncknowle, Dorset (Article in serial). SWX762.

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 450541 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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