Brennan, N. (2013). St Thomas Church, Melbury Abbas, Dorset: Archaeological Watching Brief Report. Wessex Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1041559. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 St Thomas Church, Melbury Abbas, Dorset: Archaeological Watching Brief Report
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Series:		 Wessex Archaeology unpublished report series
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https://doi.org/10.5284/1041559
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Publication Type:		 Report (in Series)
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Abstract:		 Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by Chris Romain Architecture, on behalf of St Thomas PCC to undertake an archaeological watching brief in the churchyard of St Thomas Church, Melbury Abbas, Dorset (NGR 388214, 120069). The watching brief consisted of monitoring groundworks associated with the installation of an internal toilet and kitchenette area. These comprised of a section of drainage and the excavation of an area up to 3.5m long, 1.7m wide and 2.0m deep to hold a septic tank within the southern part of the churchyard, just to the south of the chancel. The watching was undertaken on the 24th to the 26th September 2013. This watching brief identified the remains of at least fourteen in situ burials in addition to a quantity of disarticulated human bone suggesting a larger number of internments. Such a deep sequence and concentration of burials is typical for a churchyard that is documented to have been in use from at least the 18th century, but most likely has a much longer history.
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Author:		 Naomi Brennan ORCID icon
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Publisher:		 Wessex Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Dorset SMR (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2013
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Site: St Thomas Church, Melbury Abbas
County: Dorset
District: Dorset
Parish: MELBURY ABBAS
Country: England
Grid Reference: 388214, 120069 (Easting, Northing)
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UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) QUERN (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) GRAVE (Monument Type England)
WATCHING BRIEF (Event)
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OASIS Id: wessexar1-162024
OBIB: report number 101390
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Created Date:		 18 Aug 2017