Monument record MDO6670 - Inhumation burials, Sutton Poyntz, Weymouth

Inhumation burials and occupation debris were found east of the waterworks, on a south facing slope below the 100 ft contour, in 1939. Two burials, lying east-west on right side with legs flexed. One had a bead rimmed bowl near the head, with sherds, shale fragments and two bronze broaches, one a plate broach of the second half of the first century, in the grave fill. The second had a bead rimmed bowl near the head and hob nails at the feet. The grave fill contained sherds and a bronze needle. A third burial was located but not excavated.

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 618 (Monograph). SDO150.

'(448) Sutton Poyntz, Waterworks (SY 78 SW). Inhumation Burials and Occupation Debris were found E. of the Waterworks in 1939 in building a house 'Watermeadow', on a S.-facing slope below the 100 ft. contour. Two burials lying E.-W. on right side with legs flexed, were found at 70678393 in a drain-trench running S. from the S.W. corner of the garage forming the W. end of the house. One, 34 ft. from the corner with head E., had a bead-rimmed bowl of Brailsford's class 2 near the head, with sherds and shale fragments and two bronze brooches, one a plate brooch of the second half of the 1st century A.D., in the grave filling. The other, at 30 ft., with head W., had a bead-rimmed vessel by the head and hob-nails at the feet; the grave filling contained sherds and a bronze needle. A third burial, unexcavated, was found in the inspection pit at the S.W. corner of the garage. Romano-British sherds, some of the 3rd or 4th century, come from the garden N. of the house. A bronze brooch, a coin of Antoninus Pius (138–61) and 4th-century sherds came from the house foundations. Objects and sketch plan are in D.C.M.'

<2> National Record of the Historic Environment, 454380 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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