Monument record MDO2086 - Possible Romano-British burials, Portesham Farm, Portesham

In the course of constructing a deep drain in the year 1858, Mr Manfield came across a number of skeletons, and, from the regular way in which they were deposited, it was supposed that this was an old burying place. It confirms the tradition of Old Portisham. <1>

The site indicated above now grass covered, is on the east side of a metalled track to the farm buildings. No information was obtained upon these burials during field investigation. The field Old Portisham, centred at SY60958632, yielded no evidence of occupation, and was about to be ploughed. <3>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Object Name Book (ONB) reference, 1901 8 (Monograph). SWX8217.

<1.1> Manfield, W Hardy, 1901, Oral: Mr W Hardy Manfield (local landowner) (Verbal communication). SDO20355.

<2> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1903 (Map). SWX1540.

(SY61158606) Human Remains found AD 1858 (NAT)

<3> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 19-APR-55 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<4> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 604 (Monograph). SDO150.

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