Monument record MDO192 - Chapel, Chapel Marsh Farm, Beaminster

A chapel once situated on Chapel Marsh Farm was probably destroyed about the time of the Reformation, and its walls are now entirely removed although the site is still discernible. The foundation and maintenance of the chapel are uncertain. <1>

The siting falls within a rectangular enclosure of 23.0m NE-SW by 15.0 metres NW-SE, bounded by an unsurveyable bank 0.1 metre high on three sides and by a modern hedge bank on the south-east side. The whole is grass-covered, and no traces of stonework could be found. <3>

<1> Shipp, W, and Hodson, J W (eds), 1863, The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset. 3rd edition. Volume 2, 127 (Monograph). SWX1269.

<2> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1930 (Map). SWX1540.

(ST 48280401) Chapel (NR) (Site of)

<3> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 04-MAR-55 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 192966 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Nov 14 2022 11:05AM