Find Spot record MDO2860 - Iron Age/Romano-British settlement, West Knighton

A completely perforated lower stone of a Wessex type quern found by Lt. H Fullard in Oct 1941 whilst stationed at West Knighton. The
quern, together with a sherd of blackish gritty ware of IA 'B', 'C', or RB, was found in a trench 2ft 6in deep in a hutted camp (now pasture) 300yds south of the church and 20yds west of the road. It is c. 12" diameter and 41/2" thick, and of sandstone. A similar type of quern was found at Glastonbury Lake village and dated before c. AD 70, and the introduction of this type is associated with IA `B` culture.
Now in the Dorset Co. Museum Acc. No. 1941 13 1 & 2. <2-3>

The siting of this find is accepted from authy 2. The site falls within a grass field. No visible evidence of IA/RB habitation was found in this field or its vicinity during field investigation. The finder, Lt Fullard, could not be traced. <4>

<1> Anon, Undated, Pte 6 inch Dorset County Museum (Anon undated) (Map). SWX2203.

(SY 73258734) R.B. Quern and sherd. 1941

<2> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1953, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1952, 100 (Serial). SDO52.

<3> Rec. 6 inch, J Robinson 21.1.54 (Map). SWX5293.

(SY 73278734) "Rotary Quern"

<4> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 11-DEC-54 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<5> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 602 (Monograph). SDO150.

'(27) West Knighton (SY 78 NW). Occupation Debris has been found S. of the village (73278735). A quern-stone of Wessex type and a sherd of Iron Age 'C' or Roman date come from trenching in 1941 in an army camp W. of the road to Broadmayne about 200 ft. above sea level (Dorset Procs. LXXIV (1952), 100).'

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 454063 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Aug 18 2023 4:27PM