Monument record MDO8009 - Possible Roman settlement remains, Bon Accord Road, Swanage

(Centred at SZ 029781) Three Romano-British bronze coins found when making Cricket Ground. <2>

No further information was obtained during field investigation either about the exact site where these coins were found, their date or their present whereabouts.

The ground is still a cricket ground and no further finds have been recorded from the immediate vicinity. <3>

SZ 02907810. "Bon Accord Road. Occupation debris was found about 1904 above the 200ft contour in levelling the Durlston Court School playing field. Sherds identified as Romano-British, flints, and coins, one certainly Roman, were found with indications of hearths". <1, 4>

National Record of the Historic Environment, 457448 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

<1> Hardy W M, 1908, Old Swanage (1908), p11-13 (Monograph). SWX3271.

<2> Calkin, J B, 1950, Annotated Record Map Corr. 6 (J B Calkin 1950) (Map). SWX2957.

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 Rigg, J, Field Investigators Comments JR, F1 JR 03-SEP-52 (Unpublished document).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

<4> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 612 (Monograph). SDO150.

<5> Papworth, M D J, Trust for Wessex Archaeology, 1983, Isle of Purbeck Survey, IOP 316 (Index). SDO147.

Site occupied by playing field levelled in 1904, surrounded by roads and houses. OS SZ07NW8.
7/7/D TWA/IOP/1985

Record last edited

Jul 22 2024 2:35PM