Monument record MDO7748 - Romano-British settlement, Putlake Farm, Langton Matravers

Saddle quern found nearby (circa SZ 001783). <2>

SZ 00197837."Putlake Farm. Inhumation burials and occupation debris have been found S of the farmhouse above the 300 ft contour.

A collapsed stone cist, with two pieces of a coarse ware mug, perhaps a local copy of a 2nd century type, lying on the cover-stones, was found in making a silo in 1957. Remains of two inhumations without cists were found nearby about 1 ft below surface, one with bowl fragments of Brailsford's Durotrigian class 1; more burials were suspected in the W side of the silo. Surface debris in the field, including beach pebbles (sling stones?), shale and Romano-British sherds, suggest nearby occupation". <3>

<1> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1960, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1959, 122-123 (Serial). SDO59.

<2> Calkin, J B, Annotated Record Map Corr. 6, 1969 (Map). SWX8351.

<3> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 602 (Monograph). SDO150.

<4> Papworth, M D J, Trust for Wessex Archaeology, 1983, Isle of Purbeck Survey, IOP 289 (Index). SDO147.

Lies in a field occasionally ploughed and in ley pasture when visited. OS SZ07NW19. 7/7/D

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 457473 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Apr 14 2023 4:51PM