Monument record MDO45908 - Iron Age cist inhumation, Worth Matravers

An Iron Age covered stone cist of two slabs containing a child burial accompanied by a probable Iron Age `A' food vessel was found at a depth of 3ft, about 120 yards south west of Gallows Gore Cottages in February 1934. Nothing else was found in the cist which was later destroyed.

(SY 98177877) Iron Age Burial found AD 1934 (NAT) (Erroneously sited - see Authy <4> for correct find spot). <3>

A covered stone cist of two slabs containing a child burial accompanied by a probable Iron Age `A' food vessel was found at a depth of 3ft, about 120 yards south west of Gallows Gore Cottages in February 1934. Nothing else was found in the cist which was later destroyed. <1, 4>

The exact findspot of the burial was pointed out by Mr Lander and surveyed at SY 98237875. <2>

<1> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1949, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1948, 41 (J B Calkin) (Serial). SDO48.

<1.1> Oral information, correspondence (not archived) or staff comments (Unpublished document). SWX999.

Inf G Lander (former quarryman)

<2> Rigg, J, Field Investigators Comments JR, F1 JR 27-AUG-52 (Unpublished document). SWX1255.

<2.1> Historic England, Historic England Archive (Index). SDO14738.

VIRTUAL CATALOGUE ENTRY TO SUPPORT NAR MIGRATION: G Lander Quarry Owner

<3> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1963 (Map). SWX1540.

<4> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 621, No 40 (Monograph). SDO150.

‘(40) Gallows Gore, East (SY 97 NE). An Inhumation Burial, Walls, and Occupation Debris, Iron Age 'A' to late Roman, with waste from shale armlet manufacture, have been found since 1931 in Lander's quarry (98177895) N.W. of Gallows Gore Cottages, some 400 yds. E. of (39).’

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 456385 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Mar 14 2023 4:47PM