Find Spot record MDO5482 - Iron Age and Romano British pottery from Lamb's Green Farm, Corfe Mullen

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Summary

Some sherds of Iron Age and Romano-British pottery were found in the garden of Lambs’ Green Farm in 1932.

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Full Description

[Area centred SY 9960 9870]. In 1932 Mr Moy of Lambs Green Farm found several small fragments of Iron Age 'C' and RB pottery while he was digging in his garden. (PDNHAS 1944)

SY 9958 9871. Enquiries at Lambs Green Farm revealed that Mr Moy left the district twenty years ago. The present occupier had found no archaeological remains. No surface finds were made during investigation. (Quinnell 1955)


National Record of the Historic Environment, 457137 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Quinnell, N V, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigator's Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 17-NOV-55 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1944, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1943, 58 (Serial). SDO43.

Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1967, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1966, 115 (Serial). SDO66.

Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 600 (Monograph). SDO150.

‘Romano-British sherds are recorded from a garden at Lamb's Green (99599871; Dorset Procs. LXV (1943), 58)’

Farrar, R A H, 1973, The Techniques and Sources of Romano-British Black-Burnished Ware. Current research in Romano-British coarse pottery: papers given at a CBA conference held at New College, Oxford, March 24 to 26, 1972 (ed. Alec Detsicas), CBA Research Report No 10, 67-103 (Article in monograph). SDO16399.

Sources/Archives (6)

  • --- Unpublished document: Quinnell, N V. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigator's Comments NVQ. F1 NVQ 17-NOV-55.
  • --- Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 457137.
  • --- Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3. 600.
  • --- Article in monograph: Farrar, R A H. 1973. The Techniques and Sources of Romano-British Black-Burnished Ware. Current research in Romano-British coarse pottery: papers given at a CBA conference held at New College, Oxford, March 24 to 26, 1972 (ed. Alec Detsicas), CBA Research Report No 10, 67-103.
  • --- Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1944. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1943. 65. 58.
  • --- Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1967. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1966. 88. 115.

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Location

Grid reference SY 9959 9871 (point)
Map sheet SY99NE
Civil Parish Corfe Mullen; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 3 004 043
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 99 NE 6
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 457137

Record last edited

Dec 17 2025 3:46PM

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