Monument record MDO539 - Roman occupation, Broadwindsor

Alleged site of a Roman settlement with finds consisting of roof tiles, querns, a ring and potsherds. May be some confusion over correct location of the site.

(ST 43700401) Site of Roman settlement. Roof tiles, querns, ring, potsherds. (1)

Colonel Drew had no information on this Roman settlement. The ground surface has been disturbed by surface diggings in the area of the siting given by Authority 1, but no signs of antiquity were
observed. (2)

No other references have been found to this site, and it is possible that Entry 1 has mistaken Blagdon Hill, Broadwindsor, for Blagdon Hill (SU 0517), an area with a number of Roman sites. (3)

<1> Wallace, W G, Rec 6", Rec 6" (A L F Rivet 21.5.53) (Map). SDO17466.

(ST 43700401) Site of Roman settlement. Roof tiles,
querns, ring, potsherds. (1)

<2> D Smith, 1955, R2 DS 11-FEB-74. (Verbal communication). SDO17911.

<3> Swatridge, G C, Various, Field Investigators Comments GCS, F1 GCS 01-MAR-55 (Unpublished document). SWX1169.

<4> 6 inch scale map, Red House Museum Christchurch, Dorset County Museum 6" (anon undated) (Map). SWX3705.

<5> Drew, Lt Col C D, Oral information, correspondence (not archived) or staff comments: (Lt Col C D Drew. Curator, Dorset County Museum, Dorchester) (Verbal communication). SWX2099.

<6> Ordnance Survey, 20-JUL-1989, OS OS/89388 043-4, 193064 (Aerial Photograph). SDO14379.

Record last edited

Mar 29 2022 11:13AM