Monument record MDO7920 - Romano-British saltworking on Godlingston Heath, Studland

Romano British occupation and possible salt-working site. Briquetage, 2nd to 3rd century pottery and possible kiln remains found.

SZ 01478212. Occupation debris including coarse 'briquetage' comes from an old sand or gravel pit east of Thorny Barrow on Goldligston Heath. In the north face of the pit, at a depth of about 2ft, deposits of clay and sandy soil showing signs of burning were traced laterally for some 15ft in 1958. Many fragments of reddish 'briquetage' and Romano-British sherds, some oxidised, ranging from at least 2nd to 3rd century were also found. Similar material occurs in rabbit-scrapes on the north slope of the hill at SZ 01508210. The 'briquetage' compares closely with that from salt-boiling sites on the fringes of Poole Harbour. A large curved fragment of similar fired clay may be part of an oven or kiln. <1-3>

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