Monument record MDO7486 - Iron Age shale working site, Eldons Seat, Encombe, Corfe Castle

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Evidence of shale working within the Iron-Age settlement site near Eldon Seat, Encombe.

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National Record of the Historic Environment, 456546 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

<1> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1965, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1964, 109 (Serial). SDO64.

‘In July 1964, a to week excavation was undertaken on the Iron Age site at Eldon Seat, Encombe….
Evidence of shale working survives in abundance’

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  • --- Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 456546.
  • <1> Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1965. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1964. 86. 109.

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Grid reference SY 939 776 (point)
Map sheet SY97NW
Civil Parish Corfe Castle; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 6 008 240 C
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 456546

Record last edited

Dec 7 2022 4:58PM

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