Find Spot record MDO8397 - Bronze Age pot found at Swanworth Quarries, Worth Matravers

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A beaker brought to the British Museum in 1958 for identification, said to have been found at Swanworth Quarry.

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<1> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1968, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1967, 139-140 (Serial). SDO67.

<2> Papworth, M D J, Trust for Wessex Archaeology, 1983, Isle of Purbeck Survey, IOP 325 (Index). SDO147.

‘The site lies within a quarry still in use and applying for an extension. The context of the beaker find has now been destroyed. 7/7/E.’

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  • <1> Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1968. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1967. 89. 139-140.
  • <2> Index: Papworth, M D J, Trust for Wessex Archaeology. 1983. Isle of Purbeck Survey. Form AM107. IOP 325.

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Grid reference SY 968 784 (point)
Map sheet SY97NE
Civil Parish Worth Matravers; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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  • None recorded

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  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 6 028 045

Record last edited

Sep 20 2018 4:35PM

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