Monument record MDO7728 - Romano British cist burial, Metherhills, Kimmeridge

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Summary

An oval stone cist, lined with water worn boulders, apparently plastered and containing human remains, with a rough hand-cut shale ring on either side of the skull.

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Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1955. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1953. 75. 52.
  • <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. 601.
  • <3> Index: Papworth, M D J, Trust for Wessex Archaeology. 1983. Isle of Purbeck Survey. Form AM107. IOP 256.

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Location

Grid reference SY 913 792 (point)
Map sheet SY97NW
Civil Parish Kimmeridge; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 6 012 016 A
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Kimmeridge 16

Record last edited

May 24 2016 4:04PM

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