Find Spot record MDO7554 - Shale cores, Freshwater Steps, Corfe Castle

Abundance of shale cores found at Freshwater Steps circa 1855. <1>

Waste from shale armlet industry from Freshwater Steps referred to by Hutchins (PDNHAS 71 (1949, 51). A site referred to by W. Frend at Encombe Gurgle (PDNHAS 75 (1953) 45-71 includes Iron Age rough outs and may be identical with the first site <6>.

<1> Austen, J H, 1856-7, Purbeck Papers (1856-7) (Monograph). SWX2801.

<2> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1950, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1949, 51 (Serial). SDO49.

<3> Calkin, J B, 1953, Kimmeridge Coal Money The Romano-British Shale Armlet Industry, p69 (Article in serial). SWX1210.

<4> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1955, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1953, 45-71 (Serial). SDO53.

<5> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1955, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1953, 68-71 (Serial). SDO53.

<6> Papworth, M D J, Trust for Wessex Archaeology, 1983, Isle of Purbeck Survey, IOP 520 (Index). SDO147.

'FRESHWATER STEPS: Waste from shale armlet industry from Freshwater Steps referred to by Hutchins. A site referred to by W. Frend at Encombe Gurgle includes I.A. rough outs. The two sites may be identical but this cannot be proved. Site lies in an area close to coastal cliffs and surrounded by ploughed land and deciduous woodland.'

<7> National Record of the Historic Environment, 456557 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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