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Category Archives: Anglo-Saxon
Cerne Abbas: its abbey and giant
©Bryan Phillips Oct 2024 We were at the recent conference ‘Cerne Giant and other Wessex Hill Figures’ at the Dorset Museum which discussed the dating of the phallic giant. There were some interesting talks: one by Barbara Yorke, University of … Continue reading
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Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society
The Milton Abbas Local History Group recently have been given some 30 volumes of this publication. They are now available for members to borrow from our library. A catalogue of all the articles is already available online. Most of the … Continue reading
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The Place Names of Milton Abbas
Bryan Phillips’ presentation given to the history group on 7 Jun 2023 is now available for members on this website. The pdf contains the full speaker notes. The MALHG have a spreadsheet of more than 1000 field names contained in … Continue reading
Posted in Anglo-Saxon, Domesday, landscape, local, local history, Medieval history, Milton Abbas, records
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St Catherine’s Chapel
At our last meeting Helier Exon gave an account of the chapel, including the mystery of when it might have been founded. This presentation will shortly be available on our Member’s Section of the website. There are several myths about … Continue reading
The Milton Abbas Pendant
Thanks to grants from the Street Fair and MATCH and all the personal donations the pendant has now been acquired by the Dorset Museum, and they have released the story to the press, e.g. Daily Telegraph 10 Mar p2. On Wednesday 8 … Continue reading
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The Milton Abbas Pendant update
At a meeting in the Reading Rooms, Milton Abbas, on Tuesday 24 January we were very privileged to hear from Clare Randall, archaeologist, and from Liz Selby, Director of Dorset Museum. The museum is trying to save this important and … Continue reading
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Found in Milton Abbas
This stunning object was found by a metal detectorist somewhere in Milton Abbas. It is of unique design according the the British Museum. The image is from the Portable Antiquities Scheme where you will find more information.
Posted in Anglo-Saxon, archaeology, Milton Abbas, Old Town of Milton Abbas
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Milton Abbas Local History Group, Dorset, UK 