Find Spot record MDO5500 - Romano-British pottery and a Roman coin, Cranborne

Pieces of tile and pottery and a Roman coin were found during the laying out of a tennis court in a field next to the lane to Blackbush Down. A trench said to contain many oyster shells was also seen in the same field.

Romano-British pottery has been found north of Cranborne village (SU 05341406), where a ditch containing oyster shells was seen, together with tiles and a coin of Constantine I. <2>

Investigation of the circumstances of finds made when a tennis court was being laid out. According to local residents a trench containing many oyster shells ran SE from the NW corner of the field. Fragments of tile and pottery, and a coin (thought, from description, to be an Urbs Roman issue of Constantine I) were found.

<1> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1965, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1964, 119 (Serial). SDO64.

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1975, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East), 15 (Monograph). SDO129.

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 213653 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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