Monument record MDO4498 - Stone Wall, Sunnyside, Motcombe

A stone wall discovered adjacent to a stream near an 18th century bakehouse may be part of a former watermill. A large fragment of quern stone was found built into the stream retaining wall. The record for this monument has been enhanced with support from Wessex Water.

'Motcombe (ST 85022523). Excavation by the Shaftesbury and District Archaeological Group at Sunnyside uncovered a 3.5m length of greensand retaining wall at right angles to the stream and 3.6m from it. The wall is 0.40m wide and about 0.60m high. A large section of a quern stone built into the stream retaining wall and a section of stone window mullion in the stream bank were also found. These and the stone wall are probably part of a Bakehouse.' {1}

Shaftesbury and District Archaeological Group, 1976, Shaftesbury and District Archaeological Group; Interim Report 1976, 10 (Serial). SDO11482.

<1> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1978, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1976, 58 (Serial). SDO76.

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