Monument record MDO32647 - Settlement, Shipstal Point, Arne

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Summary

A settlement at Shipstal Point.

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

A settlement at Shipstal is shown on the OS 1st edn 1in map (1811) (1). The 1st edn OS 25in map (2) shows two probable houses and three enclosures. The place-name means a sheep-fold and was first recorded in the late 16th century (3).


<1> Ordnance Survey, 1811, Ordnance Survey Map 1 1811 (Map). SWX1626.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1864, 1886, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one (Map). SDO10239.

<3> Mills, A D, 1977, The place-names of Dorset, Part 1: the Isle of Purbeck, the hundreds of Rowbarrow, Hasler, Winfrith, Culliford Tree, Bere Regis, Barrow, Puddletown St George, 77 (Monograph). SWX972.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1811. Ordnance Survey Map 1 1811.
  • <2> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1864, 1886. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one. paper. 1:2500.
  • <3> Monograph: Mills, A D. 1977. The place-names of Dorset, Part 1: the Isle of Purbeck, the hundreds of Rowbarrow, Hasler, Winfrith, Culliford Tree, Bere Regis, Barrow, Puddletown St George. 52. 384pp. 77.

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Location

Grid reference SY 9831 8848 (point)
Map sheet SY98NE
Civil Parish Arne; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • None recorded

Record last edited

Jan 9 2015 5:13PM

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