Monument record MDO8098 - Roman salt boiling site, Tyneham

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Summary

A Roman salt boiling site with finds of Iron Age pottery, Roman pottery and briquetage.

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Occupation debris, some probably from salt-boiling, comes from adjoining sites below Tyneham Cap, and confirms Dr Frend's note of Iron Age C and Romano-British pottery at SY 89397961. Scraps of burnt shale and flint-gritted ware resembling salting briquetage were found at SY 89347956 in 1958, and Romano- British sherds and one probably of Iron Age A came from the cliff edge at SY 89217941. <1-2>

Sources/Archives (9)

  • <1> Unpublished document: Frend, W H C. 1936. MS in Dorset County Museum Iron Age and Roman Sites in Purbeck.
  • <2> Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1968. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1967. 89. 146.
  • <3> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3.
  • <4> Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. BB76/02009.
  • <5> Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. BB76/02010.
  • <6> Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. OS53/F81/1.
  • <7> Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. OS53/F81/3.
  • <8> Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. OS53/F81/4.
  • <9> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 455097.

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Location

Grid reference SY 89300 79500 (point)
Map sheet SY87NE
Civil Parish Steeple with Tyneham; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 6 022 043 A
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 87 NE 5
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 455097

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Oct 24 2023 2:40PM

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