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EDO7152 - Bonsley Common, Shillingstone; excavtion 1846

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Location

Grid reference	ST 8210 0910 (point)
Map sheet	ST80NW
Civil Parish	Shillingstone; Dorset

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Organisation

Not recorded.

Date

1846

Description

Pits excavated by Charles Warne in 1846 contained Iron Age pottery, and are thought to have been storage pits, probably a settlement.

Sources/Archives (3)

<1> SWX1971 Monograph: Warne, C. 1872. Ancient Dorset (2nd Edition). 14.
<2> SDO136 Monograph: Royal Commission on Historic Monuments. 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 2. 2. 241.
<3>XY SDO16497 Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 651431. [Mapped feature: #8771 ]

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Jan 27 2021 2:41PM

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