Find Spot record MDO47534 - Carved stone heads, Eldon Hill, Shipton Gorge

Two stylised Celtic stone heads found at SY 4954 9180. Two stones, each carved with a face in light relief in `Celtic' style were found in a quarry at Shipton Gorge, and were probably carved by the same workman. (1)

The heads were found buried in a bank close to the village in 1958. (2)

The heads were `out of this quarry' (at SY 4920 9217) but `were found at SY 4954 9180'. (3)

<1> Cunliffe, B W and Fulford, M G, 1982, Corpus Signorum Imperii Romani, Great Britain, 35 (Monograph). SWX1554.

<2> Bailey, C J, 1982, The Bride Valley : the story of the past, with photographs of the present (Monograph). SWX1298.

<3> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Unpublished revision RCHME Dorset I (West) Undated (Shipton Gorge file) (Unpublished document). SDO19802.

<3.1> Chaplin, Mr, Oral: Mr Chaplin, The Croft, Shipton Gorge (Verbal communication). SDO20350.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 867132 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Dec 10 2023 3:26PM