Monument record MDO29820 - Human remains found at the Priory, Wareham

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Summary

Human remains found at the Priory, Wareham in about 1720. The burials may belong to the medieval Priory.

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Hutchins recorded 'a near cartload of bones' dug up c. 1720 in making (or extending) a cellar. He writes that some were 'found between two stones set edgeways', while one, face downwards with head to the east was in a 'stone coffin'. (1-2)

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  • <1> Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1965. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1964. 86. 116.
  • <2> Monograph: Hutchins, J. 1861. The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset. Volume 1. 3rd edition. 1. 86-7.

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Location

Grid reference SY 9248 8717 (point)
Map sheet SY98NW
Civil Parish Wareham Town; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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  • None recorded

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  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: MDO29820

Record last edited

Nov 13 2013 11:52AM

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