Find Spot record MDO2536 - Iron Age coin, Stoke Abbott

Electrotype of Gaulish gold coin of Bellovacian type on display in Dorset County Museum. It was ploughed up near Waddon Hill. <1>

The coin in the possession of Mr Wyatt, was found by him in 1916, in a field which was under the plough. The find-spot (ST 44400012), which Mr Wyatt was able to point out to within 10 yards, was in a gulley (still traceable) that had been created by a violent rain storm.

Mr. Wyatt has found no other traces of antiquity in the vicinity, and nothing was discovered in the area, which is now grass-covered, during field investigation. <2>

<1> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 11-MAR-55 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<1.1> Display Card Dorset County Museum (Graphic material). SWX1314.

<2> Rigg, J, Field Investigators Comments JR, F2 JR 12-MAY-55 (Unpublished document). SWX1255.

<2.1> Wyatt, R J, 1955, Oral: Mr R J Wyatt, Brimley Farm, Stoke Abbott (Verbal communication). SDO18736.

<2.1> Wyatt, Mrs, 1955, Oral: Mrs Wyatt (tenant), Brimley Farm, Stoke Abbott (Verbal communication). SDO18743.

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 193103 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Nov 4 2022 5:23PM