EDO5029 - Messrs. Sawtells, Yeovil Road

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Location

Grid reference ST 63120 16800 (point)
Map sheet ST61NW
Civil Parish Sherborne; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Not recorded.

Date

1930-1950

Description

’When Messrs. Sawtells Ltd. Yeovil Road (ST 63121680), Extension was erected in 1930, human remains were found, “some with buttons”. Later more were discovered in the north hedge near the cooling tanks for the gas engine, when the Gas Co. was laying a new service pipe to the works.' (1)

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  • <1> Article in serial: Bean, C E. 1950. Archaeological discoveries in Sherborne and District. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 72. p.78.

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Aug 30 2007 2:41AM

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