Monument record MDO7755 - Bronze Age burial at Lynchard, Langton Matravers

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Summary

In 1953 two roughly-rectangular limestone slabs were ploughed up and moved to the side of the field. Two years later another slab was ploughed up from the same spot; a flint knife and whet stone were also found, and the site was subsequently investigated by J B Calkin who found a shale button. These finds were dated to the Beaker period and were interpreted as the probable site of an early Bronze Age burial in a stone cist.

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SY 99207965. Early Bronze Age stone cist associated with a `V'-form shale button, flint knife and whetstone was found in a field known as `Lynchard' at Langton Matravers between 1953-55. No burial was discovered. The flint knife and shale button are now in Red House Museum, Christchurch. <1-2>

Sources/Archives (5)

  • <1> Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1960. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1959. 81. 116-118.
  • <3> Index: Papworth, M D J, Trust for Wessex Archaeology. 1983. Isle of Purbeck Survey. Form AM107. IOP 414.
  • <4> Unpublished document: Papworth M. 1994. Eastington, Acton, Westwood, Wilkswood, New Barn, Corfe Castle Estate, Wessex Region. 47.
  • <5> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 456462.
  • <12> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3. 512.

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Location

Grid reference SY 9920 7965 (point)
Map sheet SY97NE
Civil Parish Langton Matravers; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 6 013 050
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 97 NE 43
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 456462

Record last edited

Apr 16 2023 8:29AM

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