Monument record MDO1834 - Pottery sherds from west of Sandy Barrow, Osmington

Landslip. Occupation debris comes from west of Sandy Barrow close to the edge of the landslip, on the crest of the Upper Greensand ridge above the 300ft contour. The remains consist of a scatter of Romano-British sherds, with some perhaps of Iron Age A, found in 1962 in plough soil for at least 100yds E of the lane from Osmington. A few Romano-British sherds come from 250yds S in the landslip. Other finds not precisely located, include sherds probably of Iron Age A and Romano-British ware, some of the third or fourth century. Objects are in the D.C.M. <1-3>

SY 73908236. A few abraded sherds of Romano-British pottery found in the plough soil by Mr K C Jehan. <4>

<1> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1963, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1962, 113 (Serial). SDO62.

<2> 1962, Proc Dorset Nat Hist. Arch Soc. 84 (Article in serial). SWX2479.

<3> Cunliffe B, 1963, Summary Report on Excavations Near Eldon Seat, Encombe., 98-99 (Article in serial). SWX2480.

<3> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 603 (Monograph). SDO150.

‘(43) LANDSLIP (SY 78 SW). Occupation Debris comes from W. of Sandy Barrow close to the N. edge of the landslip, on the crest of the Upper Greensand ridge above the 300 ft. contour. The remains consist of a scatter of Romano-British sherds, with some perhaps of Iron Age ‘A’, found in 1962 in ploughsoil for at least 100 yds. E. of the lane from Osmington (72778258 to 72908264). A few Romano-British sherds come from 250 yds. S., in the landslip (73908236). Other finds, not precisely located, include sherds probably of Iron Age ‘A’, and Romano-British ware, some of the 3rd or 4th century. Objects are in D.C.M. (Dorset Procs. LXXXIV (1962), 113; LXXX (1963), 98-9.)’

<4> Farrar, R A H (Compiler), 1964, Archaeological Notes and News for 1963: Recent Discoveries and Accessions; Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 101 (Article in serial). SWX2116.

‘Romano-British finds near Sandy Barrow, Osmington
Mr. K. C. Jehan found a few abraded sherds of Romano-British pottery about SY 73908236 in ploughsoil in the landslipped area about 300 yards south of the site recorded in the Proceedings, Vol. 84, p. 113, but there were no other signs of occupation in this area, where there are boggy patches owing to the nature of the subsoil.’

<5> Farrar, R A H (Compiler), 1964, Archaeological Notes and News for 1963: Recent Discoveries and Accessions; Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 102 (Article in serial). SWX2116.

‘In 1962, a Mr. F. Archibald gave to the Museum some Romano-British sherds, mostly amorphous, but including several rims of late flanged ware bowls, and a few pieces of hand-made, possibly Iron Age A ware, found in deep ploughing “in a field not far from the end of Watery Lane, SY 729825”. The writer has been unable to trace the donor, but the site may well be that recorded in Volume 84, although the collection includes no medieval sherds, which otherwise form a fair proportion of material recorded from this particular site. Of some interest, however, was a single fragment of very coarse, thick, flinty ware resembling salting ‘briquetage’.’

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 454438 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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