Monument record MDO7008 - Dead Woman's Stone, Throop Heath, Affpuddle

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Summary

The 'Dead Woman’s Stone' shown on Ordnance Survey maps cannot be traced at this location, in heathland devastated by tanks. A medieval cross-base now in a garden at Briantspuddle is said to be this stone, removed to the village for safety during World War II.

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Dead Woman's Stone shown on OS cannot be traced in heathland now devasted by tanks. <2> Shown as The Dead Woman on Tithe Map 1839. <3> Since the 1960s the site has been used as a tank raining area, and latterly as a conifer plantation. There is sign of the stone and it is presumed to be lost or destroyed. Ground photo with archive report. <4>

Sources/Archives (5)

  • <1> Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Map 6in. 6 inch to 1 mile. 1902.
  • <2> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3. 513.
  • <3> Monograph: Mills, A D. 1977. The place-names of Dorset, Part 1: the Isle of Purbeck, the hundreds of Rowbarrow, Hasler, Winfrith, Culliford Tree, Bere Regis, Barrow, Puddletown St George. 52. 384pp. 290.
  • <4> Scheduling record: English Heritage. English Heritage Alternative Action Report. KC, MPPA, Dec-2001.
  • <5> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 456341.

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Location

Grid reference SY 8220 9164 (point)
Map sheet SY89SW
Civil Parish Affpuddle and Turnerspuddle; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 6 001 065
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 89 SW 45
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 456341
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Affpuddle 65

Record last edited

Mar 24 2023 4:51PM

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