Find Spot record MDO8659 - Iron Age pottery found at Friars Cliff estate, Christchurch
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Summary
Early Iron Age pottery has also been reported from the Bure Lane area. All the finds mentioned here were made during the development of the area, and the estate is now entirely built over. A round barrow was also reportedly destroyed during this building work. NB the dating of the pottery noted above is as reported by various Ordnance Survey correspondents during the 1940s and 1950s. [NB It is likely that, in line with subsequent re-dating of later prehistoric pottery, the Late Bronze Age sherds may well belong to the Middle Bronze Age, while the Early Iron Age pottery may be as early as the Late Bronze Age].
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Full Description
Friars Cliff Estate. The undermentioned finds have been made in this area. LBA/EIA pot found 1929, 1 leaf arrowhead, 2 barbed and tanged arrowheads, triangular arrowhead. (1) LBA Pottery found c 1932 at NW corner of Seaway Avenue. (SZ 19209327). (2) Site vague, probably near Bure Lane. Finds: EIA A domestic ware, restored, one side only, 10 high, several others at the time but not kept (a). These finds were made in the development of this area. A barrow was destroyed too but nothing was reported. The LBA pottery was found in the extension of the building area - I have no details of it (b). (3) This area is now entirely built over. No further information was obtained to enable accurate siting of the finds and the destroyed barrow. (4)
Sources/Archives (7)
- --- SWX3966 Index: Calkin, J B. Catalogue of Herbert Druitt's Collection of Local Prehistoric and R-B Antiquities.
- --- SWX8200 Verbal communication: Oral: Mr J B Calkin FSA (Hon Corr) Field Investigators Comments.
- --- SWX8285 Index: DCC SMR. to 2003. Former DCC SMR Card Index.
- <1> SWX3642 Map: Calkin, J B. 1948. Annotated Record Map Corr. 6 (J B Calkin 1948).
- <2> SWX3975 Map: Calkin, J B. 1943. Annotated Record Map Corr. 6 (J B Calkin 1943).
- <3> SWX3798 Unpublished document: Woodhouse, W C. Various. Field Investigators Comments WCW. F1 WCW 14-JUL-54.
- <4> SWX3963 Unpublished document: Various. Field Investigators Comments WW. F1 WW 16-JUL-54.
Finds (2)
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Events/Activities (0)
Location
Grid reference | SZ 19200 92900 (point) |
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Map sheet | SZ19SE |
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 8 000 005 D
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SZ 19 SE 4
Record last edited
Jan 20 2022 4:04PM