Monument record MWX3128 - Middlebere: Iron Age Settlement

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Summary

Recorded by Wessex Archaeology during a pipeline development in 1989. Evidence for shale working, Iron working, pottery production and salt production was recorded. An extensive industrial and agricultural settlement.

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Iron Age Settlement, 350m north of South Middlebere House. Recorded by Wessex Archaeology during a pipeline development in 1989. Evidence for shale working, Iron working, pottery production and Salt production was recorded. An extensive industrial and agricultural settlement. (1)

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Unpublished document: Papworth, M. 2000. Golden Cap Estate: archaeological and historic landscape survey. 112,685.
  • <2> Unpublished document: Papworth, M. 1992. Middlebere, Corfe Castle Estate, Dorset. Wessex Region. 24.

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Location

Grid reference SY 967 852 (point) Centred on
Map sheet SY98NE
Civil Parish Arne; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 6 002 087

Record last edited

Jan 31 2019 11:36AM

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