EDO7255 - Crofts, West Stafford; salvage recording 1850

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Location

Grid reference SY 7239 8900 (point)
Map sheet SY78NW
Civil Parish West Stafford; Dorset

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Date

1850

Description

Two burials were found during quarrying in a field called Crofts around 1850. Reports described them as found near the skeleton of a horse and other animal bones. Finds included a bowl of samian ware with one of the burials, and vessels of coarse Durotrigian pottery with the other.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3. 608.
  • --- Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 651092.

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Apr 15 2021 5:49PM

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