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Investigations on the South Shore of Brownsea Island by the Dorset Alum and Copperas Industries Project

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Bellamy PS, Broadbent G, Corney M & Wilson C (2014) Investigations on the South Shore of Brownsea Island by the Dorset Alum and Copperas Industries Project. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 135, pp. 272-283. http://research.dorsetcountymuseum.org/c135.html

Abstract
Archaeological investigations carried out on behalf of the Poole Harbour Heritage Project initially identified a possible seventeenth-century copperas works on the south shore of Brownsea Island as part of a project researching the Dorset Alum and Copperas industries. The remains of a rectangular brick-lined ¡®tank' and brick surface exposed by coastal erosion were excavated and fifteen test pits were dug in the surrounding area to discover other associated features. Both structures were constructed of late-eighteenth- or early-nineteenth-century bricks. The bricks in the tank appear to be reused and include specialised gutter bricks. A series of earthworks, a large clay pit and a sand pit were recorded. Historic maps suggest that all these features formed part of a brickworks of late-eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century date, rather than part of the seventeenth-century copperas works.

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Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society: Volume 135

StatusPublished
Publication date31/12/2014
Date accepted by journal01/09/2014
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PublisherDorset Natural History and Archaeological Society
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ISSN0070-7112

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Dr Clare Wilson

Dr Clare Wilson

Senior Lecturer, Biological and Environmental Sciences

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