Monument record MDO4191 - Roman settlement, Langton Long Blandford

Roman pottery including samian ware, and other Roman items including brooches have been found at this site. These surface finds are interpreted as indicating settlement in the vicinity. The record for this monument has been enhanced with support from Wessex Water.

In fields adjoining Langton parsonage and on the opposite side of the road, a considerable area was covered with inequalities, and the removal of the turf, during the process of levelling the ground, disclosed large quantities of Samian ware, coarse pottery, fragments of iron and other debris. <2>

The field referred to in Authy 1 is under pasture, as is that on the north side of the road. There are now no visible traces of early occupation. No surface finds were made, and from enquiries it seems nothing has been found in the area in recent years. <3>

Roman pottery including samian ware, and brooches have been found, principally near ST 89710597; bronze brooches and a pin in the British Museum (Durden Colln.) probably came from this site. <4>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1928-38 (Map). SWX1540.

(ST 89170597) Roman Pottery found AD 1840

<2> Hutchins, J, 1861, The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset. Volume 1. 3rd edition, 290 (Monograph). SDO12569.

<3> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 08-DEC-55 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<4> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1972, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume IV (North), 44-45 (Monograph). SDO99.

'A number of finds indicative of Iron Age and Romano-British settlement are known from the parish, all on the lower slopes of the Stour Valley. Roman pottery including samian ware, and brooches have been found, principally near 89710597; bronze brooches and a pin in the B.M. (Durden Collection) probably came from this site. An inhumation in a cist N. of Langton House might also be Roman, since samian sherds were found nearby (Hutchins I, 289-90 ; Archaeologia, XXIII (1830), 415-6).'

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 205444 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Mar 3 2022 3:29PM