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Note that tesselated paving items believed to be
non-Purbeck are now listed in the Paving section, marked `cat
REJECT'
Dorset-
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- name Middlebere Quay
- cat FALSUM
- site S shore of Middlebere Lake, Poole Harbour
- grid SY 9735 8655
- source National Trust SMR
- publ Papworth M 1992
- desc Quay built 1806 for clay shipping via tramway, closed 1905,
re-used briefly by military in 1940s. NO connection with stone trade
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- name Basan Hill
- site Basan Hill near Puddletown
- grid SY 766 957
- publ Ensom 1989
- desc Found by fieldwalking, 2 rim frags from coarse jars, one with piecrust
rim, sherd of BB ware, small frag Roman tile. No PL or PM
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- name C. D. Drew Index
- site Dorset County Museum, Dorchester
- grid SY 693 907
- desc Card index to accessioned objects made by Col. Drew while Curator:
Only the following found under acc.nos 0.nnn.*: six spindle-whorls of
uncertain date, four of limestone and two of chalk; and
two small `mortars'.
In particular no entry was found for the
Arish Mell mortar and it is
clear that the acc.no on the latter's display label is incorrect;
0.231.1 belongs to a ground stone axe-head.
- desc Have also searched acc.nos. 1840--1980.25,
which appears to be the full extent of the index. (2010-06-25)
- comment By the way: the Player spinet is 1942.31.1 and also 1968.11
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- name DORCM computerised catalogue
- site Dorset County Museum, Dorchester
- grid SY 693 907
- desc Computerised curatorial record, held up to 2010 in Micromusée
database
- loc DORCM as above
- comment searched for stone mortars, 2010-10
Southwestern Britain-
- name Somerset Archaeological and Natural History
- site Somerset
- grid ST generally
- publ also called Proceedings of the Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society
- desc Have checked vols. 112 (1968) to 146 (2003)
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- name Wiltshire Archaeology and Natural History Magazine
- site Wiltshire
- grid SU mostly
- publ WAM (see
Abbreviations)
- desc Check vol.25 p.94 for reference to Purbeck formation (cum.index)
- desc Have checked (table of contents, index, etc.):
vol.27 no.55 (March 1878)
vol.30-31 (1898-1901)
vol.32-58 (1901-1963) (after no.211 in vol.58, `numbers' cease)
vol.59-64 (1964-1969) (from here on, each volume was published as 1 fasc.)
vol.65-69 Part B, Archaeology and Local History (1970-1974)
vol.70/71, 72/73, 74/75 Wiltshire Archaeological Magazine
(1975-1980)
(after this WAM is no longer published in two parts)
vol.76-79 (1981-1984), (no vol. for 1985), vol.80-96 (1986-2003)
- desc vol.30 no.91 (June 1899) see
Passmore 1899,
possible roofing at Okus, Swindon
- desc vol.33 see
Box Villa roofing,
Brakspear 1904
- desc vol.38 p.135 Wiltshire Books: notice of
Ord and Reader 1911?,
`Excursion to Dinton, Chilmark and Vale of Wardour'
- desc vol.38 p.153-378 see Goddard 1914,
`List of prehistoric, Roman and pagan Saxon antiquities in Wilts'
- desc vol.48 no.171 see
Atworth villa,
Mellor and Goodchild 1940
- desc vol.49 contains
a notice of Arkell 1941
- desc vol.52 no.188 see
Arkell 1948
- desc vol.55 no.199 p.176-8 (Dec 1953) see
Downton villa
- desc vol.55 no.201 p.333-340 (Dec 1954) see
Colerne villa
- comment and other positive reports
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- site Uley
- grid ST 78 99
- publ Woodward A, Leach P 1993, The Uley Shrines,
English Heritage with British Museum Books
- comment No mention of PL
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- site Gloucester
- grid SO 84 18
- publ Hurst H 1972,
Excavations at Gloucester 1968-1971, first interim report,
Antiq J 52 24-69
- publ O'Neil HE 1962, Friars Orchard, Technical College,
Gloucester, 1961,TBGAS 81 10-40 no PL
- publ O'Neil HE 1964, Excavations at the Bon Marché site,
Gloucester, 1958-9,TBGAS 82 25-65 no PL
- publ O'Neil HE 1965, Excavations in the King's School Gardens,
Gloucester, 1964,TBGAS 84 15-29 no PL
- publ Cra'ster MD 1961,
Roman remains from the Bon Marché, 1955,
TBGAS 80 50-58
- publ Cra'ster MD 1961,
St Michael's, Gloucester, 1956, TBGAS 80 59-74
- desc no PL mentioned
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- site Hucclecote
- grid SO 87 17
- publ Clifford EM 1961, The Hucclecote Roman villa,
TBGAS 80 42-49
- desc Excav to the side of the known villa in advance of building.
No PL mentioned
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- site Cirencester
- grid SP 02 01
- publ Wacher JS 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964,
Cirencester (year), [1st to 4th interim reports],
Antiq J 41-43
- publ McWhirr A 1986, Cirencester Excavations III,
Cirencester Excavation Committee
- comment No mention of PL
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- site Ilchester
- grid ST 52 22
- publ Leach P, Ilchester vols. 1 and 2
- comment no PL
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- site Catsgore
- grid SO ?
- publ Leech R, Excavations at Catsgore 1970-1973,
Bristol: Western Archaeological Trust
- comment no PL
Southeastern Britain-
- site Hengistbury Head
- grid SZ 18 90
- publ Bushe-Fox JP 1915
- desc `No evidence of Roman occupation'
- comment but see Cunliffe!
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- site Hants
- grid SU mostly
- source Scott, E.
- desc none identified as Purbeck
- comment I think this means: no Purbeck marble wallcasing
has been identified in Hants
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- site Lippen Wood, West Meon, Hants, 1904-5
- source
Williams 1971 app.IIa
- publ Moray Williams A 1906, Proc. Hants FC, 5 271-276
- desc Villa with tile pilae, composite hypocaust (with both pilae and
channelling), chalk building material, no mention of Purbeck limestone
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- site Fishbourne, Sussex
- grid SU 84 05
- publ Cunliffe BW 1964, Excavations at Fishbourne 1963,
3rd interim report, Antiq J 44 1-8
- comment No mention of PL
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- site Chichester
- grid SU 86 04
- publ Down A 1971-81, Chichester Excavations 1,2,3,5
- desc Mortars means pottery here: no new PL
-
- name Beauport Park bath-house
- site Beauport Park, East Sussex
- source Jstor 2012-07-13
- publ Brodribb and Cleere, Britannia 19, 217-274
- desc Jstor found "Purbeck",
not found visually 2012-07-18
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- site Canterbury
- grid TR 15 57
- publ 1981, interim report on 1981 excav, Arch Cantiana 97 280
- desc no PL mentioned
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- site Richborough, Kent
- grid TR 32 60
- publ Bushe-Fox JP,
[1st to 4th reports] on the excavation of the Roman fort at
Richnborough, Kent
- comment No mention of PL except that (as pointed out by
Roly Cobbett
Feb. 2012),
2nd report p. 35 mentions
`a
portion of a Purbeck marble slab'
from the site of the Saxon/Norman chapel.
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- name Alresford villa, Essex
- site Alresford, Essex
- grid TM 061 199
- publ Laver H, Trans Essex Arch Soc New Series 3 136-139
- publ Antiquary 11 36 (not yet seen)
- publ Proc Soc Antiq 2nd series 10 (not yet seen)
- desc Laver: no PL mentioned
- comment see Allen, Fulford and Todd 2007 findspot no.35
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English Midlands-
- site Wroxeter
- grid SJ 57 08
- publ Atkinson D 1942
- desc Bushe-Fox: first report: no PL found;
later two reports scanned superficially, no PL noted;
none of the reports have a specialist report on stone
- desc Atkinson: Specialist stone report, no PL
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- cat DUBIUM
- site Daventry, Northants
- source Scott NH30
- publ VCH Northants 1 (1902), p. 195
- publ Botfield B 1853 p.391
- desc fragments of marble
- desc Botfield: `a piece of grey marble of the county'; no PL
Wales-
- site Ely, Glam.
- grid ST 14 76
- source Scott GL2
- desc Opus sectile of Italian and Peloponnesian marble
(one piece of each), no Purbeck
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- site Caerwent
- grid ST 46 90
- publ Ashby T and others 1901-1913, Excavations at Caerwent
1899-1912, Archaeologia 57-62, 64 many articles, including
Martin and Ashby 1901,
Ashby, Hudd and Martin 1902
- publ Nash-Williams VE 1930, Excavations at Caerwent 1923-5,
Archaeologia 80 229-228
- publ ?Dunning GC? 1948, JRS 38 81
- publ ?Dunning GC? 1949, JRS 39 96
- publ Morgan O 1956, Excavations within the walls of Caerwent 1855,
Archaeologia 36 418-437. "In the early volumes of
Archaeologia there are several notices respecting Caerwent"
- desc No PL mentioned
- comment Try to get also Seyer 1848
on Caerwent
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- site Caerwent
- grid ST 46 90
- publ Archaeol Cambrensis 1983-2000, 132 onward
- desc No Caerwent excavation found
Northern Britain-
- site Hadrian's Wall and N. England
- grid NY etc.
- publ Arch. Aeliana series 4 17-19 (1940-1941), 21-23
(1943-1944), 50 (1972), series 5 1 (1973)
- desc no PL
-
- site Corbridge, 1907-1912
- grid NY 99 65
- publ Forster RH ed., (reports of excavations),
Arch Aeliana 3rd series 4 etc.
- publ Woolley L, (report of excav), Arch Ael 3rd ser 3
- desc Many stone objects, incl. statuary.
Stone reported without mention of substance
- subst Not stated
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- site Wilderspool, Warrington
- grid SJ 60 88
- publ Hinchcliffe J, Williams JH, Williams F 1992,
Roman Warrington: excavations at Wilderspool 1996-9 and 1976,
Brigantia Monogr. no.2, Dept. of Archaeol. U. Manchester
- comment No mention of PL
Britain generally-
- name Roman Britain in (year), in JRS
- site various
- publ RB in (year), JRS (vol)
- desc No `RB in (year)' in JRS 1-3 (1911-13)
- desc No PL in `RB in 1931', JRS 22 (1932)
- desc No PL in `RB in (1936-40)' in JRS 27-31 (1937-41)
- desc No PL in `RB in (1944-49)' in JRS 35-40 (1945-50)
- desc
`RB in (1950-1968)', JRS 41-59, have also been searched
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- name Roman Britain in (year), in Britannia
- site various
- publ
Britannia, Roman Britain in (year)
- comment
no PL mentioned in `RB in'
1987, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995
- comment Scanned by eye `RB in 1999' to `2004';
No mention of PL in `RB in 2001, 2002, 2004'
- comment Used index of `RB in 2005', one instance of PL
- comment Used index of `RB in 2006', no mention of PL
- comment `RB in 2007' Inscriptions has been inspected, one instance of PL
- comment inspected `RB in' 2008--2011 (inscriptions closely, rest less so);
found one instance of PL (2008) and one of shelly limestone (2011)
- comment inspected `RB in' 2016, no PL mentioned
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- name Proceedings of the Geologists' Association
- site various
- comment Have scanned, for references to Purbeck Limestone,
cumulative indexes to volumes
81--90,
91--100,
101--110.
- comment Have scanned, for references to Purbeck Limestone,
the actual volumes
100(1--4);
101(1--3);
102(1);
(102(2--4), 103 missing from DCM 2008 June;)
104--107;
(108(1) missing from DCM;)
108(2--4), 109(1);
(109(2--3) missing;)
109(4), 110--114.
- comment Note particularly Jo Thomas
on Forest Marble and Fuller's Earth Rock in west Dorset; the former
used in modern times as roofing
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