SWX2843 - Swalland farm (Kimmeridge) and The Lost Location of Chaldecots. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society

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Type Article in serial
Title Swalland farm (Kimmeridge) and The Lost Location of Chaldecots. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society
Author/Originator
Date/Year 1981

Abstract/Summary

‘This article concerns the location of the original Swalland Farm and Chaldecots below Swyre Head (Kimmeridge). Recent archaeological evidence is used to clarify problems in the interpretation of documentary evidence. The present Swalland Farm is shown to occupy the original site of Chaldecots whereas a newly discovered site is the location of a former Swalland Farm. The development of the farmsteads is traced in order to justify this view.’

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Description

Proc Dorset Nat Hist Arch Society 103. In: Dorset Archaeology in 1981.

Location

National Monuments Record

Referenced Monuments (3)

  • Medieval settlement of Chaldecots, Kimmeridge (Monument)
  • Medieval settlement of Little Kimmeridge (Monument)
  • Swalland, medieval settlement, Corfe Castle (Monument)

Referenced Events (1)

  • Swalland Farm, Swyre Head, Kimmeridge; excavation 1981

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