SDO9697 - A Trial Excavation on a crop-mark site on Maiden Castle Farm, Dorset
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| Type | Article in serial |
|---|---|
| Title | A Trial Excavation on a crop-mark site on Maiden Castle Farm, Dorset |
| Author/Originator | Bowen, H C , and Farrar, R A H |
| Date/Year | 1970 |
| Dorset Natural History and Archaeology Society | 92, 127-134 |
Abstract/Summary
Description of extensive crop-marks to north of Maiden Castle. Fieldwalking revealed a scatter of Roman pottery from 1st to 4th century. In a field north of Bush Road Cottages fieldwalking revealed a scatter of building debris and pottery including some tesserae, roof tile, Samian and 1st century and 3rd-4th century coarsewares. One trench excavated exposed the ditch of one of the enclosures, suggests a 1st century AD date for this enclosure.
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Note in 'Archaeological Notes and news', Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, vol. 92, pp. 127-134. contains location plan and section.
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- EDO4361 Maiden Castle Farm,Winterborne Monkton; excavation 1970
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