Monument record MDO7488 - Cinerary Urn in quarry north of King Edward's Bridge, Corfe Castle

An inverted urn containing "five gallons full of burnt bones" was found during chalk digging in 1753 in the quarry near the lime kiln on the east side of the road immediately north of King Edward's Bridge. The exact location of this find is not known.

(Area Centred SY 959824) Near the limekiln and St. Edward's Bridge, on digging chalk, 1753, was found an urn seven or eight feet deep, containing five gallons full of burnt bones; the mouth downwards. The earth around it seemed made ground. Possibly Bronze Age. <1>

The burial is presumably Bronze Age in date. <2>

The limekiln is situated at SY 95948246 and St. Edward's Bridge at SY 95938244 but apart from this no information was obtained during field investigation that would make a more accurate siting possible.<3>

<1> Hutchins, J, 1774, The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset. Volume 2. 1st edition, Vol 1, p183 (Monograph). SDO9551.

<2> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1952, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1951, 88, note 1. (Serial). SDO51.

<3> Rigg, J, Field Investigators Comments JR, F1 JR 03-JUL-52 (Unpublished document). SWX1255.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 456835 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Aug 9 2023 11:29AM