EDO7501 - Shaftesbury Abbey; excavation 1816-1817

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Location

Grid reference ST 8615 2288 (point)
Map sheet ST82SE
Civil Parish Shaftesbury; Dorset

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Not recorded.

Date

1816-1817

Description

In 1816 Charles Bowles started excavations on the site. At a depth of 6 feet he found a tiled floor decorated with griffins, lions, dragons etc., and Purbeck marble monuments.

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <1> Serial: 1817. Gentleman's Magazine. LXXXVII. 209.
  • <2> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1972. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume IV (North). 60.
  • <3> Monograph: Penn, K J. 1980. Historic Towns in Dorset. 84.
  • <4>XY Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 651430. [Mapped feature: #9320 ]

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Aug 31 2021 2:18PM

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