Eventful event!

 

Whilst attending the Isle of Purbeck heritage event this last weekend, where we had a display of our work at the DMV, the Bournemouth University Marine group showed us their work, as outlined by this poster.

They showed us their finds relating to the Purbeck Marble mortar vessels they had found on a wreck. This is the same material that has come up on our site. 

So it is quite possible that mortars were being made at our DMV, with stone taken from the nearby quarry up the hill. 

One very exciting find was this strange looking object found only last week.

This is a shale bangle blank. This material was used to make bangles at Gallows Gore, now Lander's Quarry, just along the road from our site, with other Romano-British evidence being found there. Shale workshops were also at Povington, Blashenwell and Kimmeridge.