Find Spot record MDO6051 - BLACKLANDS/WALL FURLONG

To the east of New Road the place name “Blacklands” may have been given because this land has rich organic soil. This is a common name coincident with Roman sites. To the west of the road “wall furlong” suggests that walls have been found here and this is another common name associated with Roman sites.

<1> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1992, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1991, 172-173 (Serial). SDO91.

<2> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1991, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1990, 117 (Serial). SDO90.

<3> Papworth, M, 1994, Shapwick Parish, Kingston Lacy Estate, Wessex Region (Unpublished document). SDO14228.

Two place names on the 1773 map (DRO) indicate that the Romano-British settlement (112,481) continues south-west under Shapwick village. To the east of New Road the place name “Blacklands” may have been given because this land has rich organic soil. This is a common name coincident with Roman sites. To the west of the road “wall furlong” suggests that walls have been found here and this is another common name associated with Roman sites.

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May 1 2020 3:53PM