EWX1125 - Furzey Island, Poole Harbour, Corfe Castle; excavation 1951

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Location

Grid reference SZ 00900 86900 (point)
Map sheet SZ08NW
Civil Parish Corfe Castle; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Not recorded.

Date

1951

Description

Excavations by H P Smith and A Bromby in 1951 partly revealed possible hut sites about four feet above the beach and two feet below the ground surface in the low earth 'cliff' at this point. Iron Age pottery, pieces of unworked Kimmeridge shale and a piece of burnt fire clay with a wattle imprint were amongst finds recovered.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 651553.
  • --- Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3. 597.

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Sep 20 2021 11:47AM

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