EDO7500 - Shaftesbury Abbey; excavation 1861

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Location

Grid reference ST 8615 2289 (point)
Map sheet ST82SE
Civil Parish Shaftesbury; Dorset

Technique(s)

Organisation

Not recorded.

Date

1862

Description

NRHE: Investigation funded by the Marquis of Westminster. RCHME: Researches of a more systematic nature in 1861 resulted in the clearing of the eastern arm of the church and of part of the crypt of St. Edward's chapel on the N. (Edward Kyte, W.A.M., VII (1862), 2727; Hutchins III, 325); the trenches were filled in again in 1862.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • --- Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 651429.
  • ---XY Serial: Wiltshire Archaeology and Natural History Society. 1862. The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine. Volume 8, parts 19-21. 272-277. [Mapped feature: #9319 ]
  • --- Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1972. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume IV (North). 60.

Map

Record last edited

Aug 31 2021 2:16PM

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