EDO1287 - Sheepsleights or Swanworth Quarry, Worth Matravers; salvage recording 1964

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Location

Grid reference SY 968 784 (point)
Map sheet SY97NE
Civil Parish Worth Matravers; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Organisation

Not recorded.

Date

1964

Description

Remains of a late Bronze Age/early Iron Age stone-lined pit recorded by Tony Brown in 1952. A similar pit containing carbonised spelt grain was found on the site in 1964.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • ---XY Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 650593. [Mapped feature: #9093 ]
  • --- Index: RCHME Microfilm Index. 1550.
  • --- Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1967. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1966. 88. 149-151.

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Jun 16 2021 10:10AM

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