Monument record MDO7482 - Roman occupation, Corfe Castle

A probable Roman occupation site to the south of Kingston Barn is known through a finds scatter, a Roman altar and a few large stones possibly from structures within two arable fields. The finds include Samian sherds, New Forest sherds, coarsewares of 1st to 4th century date, and shale waste.

Romano-British occupation debris has been found in arable about 450 ft above sea level S of Kingston Barn (963788). Samian sherds, coarse ware of the 1st or 2nd to the 4th century, fragments of shale and a few large stones, possibly from structures, come from W of the footpath, with, at 96267894, a roughly made Roman altar of Purbeck stone some 14 inches high (Dorset County Museum). Sherds of Iron Age `A', and shale waste, occur in the field (962788) to W. <1-4>

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Oct 11 2023 2:30PM