EDO5743 - Iron Age finds, Romney Road, Ensbury Park, Bournemouth; casual observation 1935

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Location

Grid reference SZ 0823 9551 (point)
Map sheet SZ09NE
Unitary Authority Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

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Date

1935

Description

An Iron Age site discovered during water main trenching by the Bournemouth Gas and Water Company in Romney Road, Ensbury Park, in July 1935. Calkin visited the site and collected some finds including Early Iron Age pottery, baked clay loomweights , burnt daub, hammerstones and lumps of ironstone. There was no time or opportunity for further investigation. (1) (2)

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1965. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1964. 86. 122-123.
  • <2> Index: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Records. SZ 09 NE 22.

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Jul 8 2021 9:22AM

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