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Name:Stoborough: Mound
Type of Record:Monument
HER Number:6 002 047
Last edited:07/01/2009

Location:Arne, Purbeck
Grid Reference:SY 923 863
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Monument Type(s)

  • MOUND (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Summary

A mound, about 150ft diameter and 18ft high with flat top, was recorded on low-lying ground behind the New Inn, Stoborough. It is probably a natural hillock scarped and altered on the north and east in recent times. Early medieval pottery has been found in the area.

Sources and Further Reading

---SWX8285 - Index: DCC SMR. to 2003. Former DCC SMR Card Index.
---SDO150 - Bibliographic reference: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset. Volume Two (South East) Part III.
1aSWX3113 - Monograph: Reed, T D. 1947. The Rise of Wessex. p322

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