Monument record MDO7479 - Cist burial from Quarry Wood, Encombe, Corfe Castle

Quarry Wood, Encombe. An inhumation burial of the Roman period was found about 1788 in quarrying near the former Encombe Lodge. The skeleton, under 'two very large flat stones set up edgeways', was accompanied by an earthen vessel of about one gallon capacity filled to the brim with 'coal money'; the quarry is evidently that at SY 949791 above the 400ft contour on the NE side of the North Gwyle. <1>

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 600 (Monograph). SDO150.

‘(236) QUARRY WOOD, ENCOMBE (SY 97 NW). An Inhumation Burial was found c. 1788 in quarrying near the former Encombe Lodge. The skeleton, under 'two very large flat stones set up edgeways', was accompanied by an earthen vessel of about one gallon capacity filled to the brim with 'coal-money'; the quarry is evidently that at 949791 above the 400 ft. contour on the N.E. side of the North Gwyle. (Purbeck Papers I (1859–60), 226.)’

<1.1> 1860, Purbeck Papers 1859-60, 226 (Serial). SDO20186.

<2> Papworth, M D J, Trust for Wessex Archaeology, 1983, Isle of Purbeck Survey, IOP 67 (Index). SDO147.

'The site lies within a wood of mixed deciduous trees, managed by Encombe Estate. A disused quarry at the above GR is probably the location of the find. OS SY97NW26. 7/7/D.'

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 456571 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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