EDO1218 - Lorton Farm, Weymouth; observations and recording 1979

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Location

Grid reference SY 667 830 (point)
Map sheet SY68SE
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Beam Group Weymouth

Date

1979

Description

During road widening operations at Lorton Farm, A J Boulter and B Squibb found medieval and post-medieval pottery and a possible metalled floor. Features recorded in section might have been pits or drainage ditches.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • ---XY Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 654499. [Mapped feature: #8549 ]
  • --- Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1981. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1979. 101. 133.
  • --- Verbal communication: Hewitt, I. 1996. Letter from Iain Hewitt, undated but received on 7 April 1996.

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Feb 27 2026 3:39PM

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