Find Spot record MDO4193 - Iron Age coins, Langton Long Blandford

At least four silver coins of the Durotriges have been discovered at this location. The record for this monument has been enhanced with support from Wessex Water.

Four silver British coins, in good preservation, were dug up in the garden of J. J. Farquharson. <1>

A site where several ancient British coins were found, situated in the south corner of the enclosure of the vegetable garden, south east of Langton House. <3>

Four Iron Age coins have been found at Langton. Two are uninscribed silver staters of the Durotriges, Evans type F:1/2, Mack type 317, and were found in 1840. They were formerly in the Durden collection but are now in the Pitt Rivers Museum, Farnham. The other two are uninscribed bronze staters of the Durotriges, Evans type G:5/6, Mack type 318. <2> <6>

The site now falls in a disused kitchen garden and orchard. <5>

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. ... and at least four silver Durotrigian coins were found at 90500530. <7>

<1> Shipp, W, and Hodson, J W (eds), 1861, The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset. 3rd edition. Volume 1, 289 (Monograph). SWX4496.

<2> Evans, J, 1864, Coins of the Ancient Britons, 101, 117 (Monograph). SWX2288.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1928, Ordnance Survey Object Name Book reference revision 1928 (Unpublished document). SWX1205.

<3.1> Farquarson, E G, E G Farquarson, Langton Houe, 1900 (Verbal communication). SDO19159.

<4> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1930 (Map). SWX1540.

(ST 90490528) British Coins Found AD 1840 (NAT)

<5> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 04-NOV-54 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<6> Frere, S S (ed), 1960, Problems of the Iron Age in Southern Britain, 240, 243 (Monograph). SWX2601.

<7> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1972, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume IV (North), 45 (Monograph). SDO99.

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 209367 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Jan 5 2023 4:35PM