Contents of volume 119

for 1997, published 1998

The Downland Parish - Gussage All Saints in the 17th century, James Rattue, 1

The Duchy of Cornwall and the expansion of Dorchester, c.1900-1997, Janet Waymark, 19

Weymouth's choice: Pulteney or bankruptcy?, Glanville J Davies, 33

William Shipp of Blandford, 1807-1873, Anne Hosford, 41

A tale of two skulls: superstition in Dorset at Waddon and Bettiscombe, MS Ross and Linda O'Connell, 51

Woodland in medieval Dorset, Anne Horsfall, 59

Medieval sundials in Dorset, Gordon le Pard, 65

Excavations at the Town Farm House site, now The Orchard, Dean Lane, Sixpenny Handley, 1988, Christopher Sparey-Green, 87

Shipton Hill, Dorset: an enigmatic Iron Age/Romano-British enclosure, Daniel Wright, 103

New ammonites from the Zigzag Bed of Dorset, Volker Dietze and Robert B Chandler, 109

Ammonites from the Oxford Clay near Budmouth School and Tidmoor Point, Weymouth, and their bearing on the Callovian/Oxfordian boundary, N Chapman, 117

A new Dorset record of the Zigzag Zone (Lower Bathonian stage, Middle Jurassic), John Huxtable, 129

Insect-bearing horizons in the type Purbeck and new Purbeck Wealden flies (Diptera), R Coram and EA Jarzembowski, 135

The macroinvertebrate fauna of Luckford Lake (Dorset), a small heathland stream, John H Blackburn, Patrick D Armitage and Kay L Symes, 141

The history and ecology of Spartina anglica in Poole Harbour, AF Raybould, 147

Dorset Archaeology in 1997

Aerial photographs

Archaeological sites added to the County Sites and Monuments Record, Francesca Radcliffe, Giles Romanes and Claire Pinder, 159

Evaluations

Brownsea Castle evaluation trench, Martin Papworth, 160

Chaldon Herring exploratory drill site, John Valentin, 160

Christchurch: Highcliffe Castle, Niall Oakley, 160

Dorchester: proposed sports centre and cemetery, Poundbury, Roland Smith, 160

Dorchester: former Hardye's School, Barnes Way, John Valentin, 160

Dorchester: former Maud Road School, Julian Cotton, 160

Kimmeridge Bay, Purbeck, John Valentin, 161

Kingston Lacy: medieval manorial buildings, Martin Papworth, 161

Milborne St Andrew: Coldstream Dairy, John Valentin, 161

Portesham: Front Street, John Valentin, 161-2

Shapwick Romano-British settlment: magnetometry survey, John Gater and Martin Papworth, 162

Sherborne: Tinney's Lane, Julian Cotton, 162

West Stafford: Stafford House, John Valentin, 162-3

Toller Porcorum: Church Mead, SP Robinson, 163

Woolcombe to Redford water main, Julian Cotton, 163

Evaluations with negative results, 163

Excavations

A35 Tolpuddle to Puddletown bypass - interim note, Carrie M Hearn and Vaughan Birbeck, 163-4

Bestwall Quarry excavations 1997 - interim report, Lilian Ladle, 163

Corfe Castle, inner ward, interim report 1997, Nancy Grace and Martin Papworth, 164-5

Interim report of excavation at West Mill, Corfe Castle, Martin Papworth, 165

Dorchester Roman aqueduct 1997, Bill Putnam, 165-168

Fontmell Magna: Gore Farm, John Valentin, 168

Shaftesbury: Westminster Memorial Hospital, John Valentin, 168-9

Sixpenny Handley: Myncen Farm 1997, Christopher Sparey-Green, 169-172

Watching briefs

Brownsea Island: 1 Farm Cottages, Tanya Cottrell, 173

Dorchester: Colliton Street, Roland Smith, 173

Dorchester: River View, Greenings Court, Christopher Sparey-Green, 173-4

Dorchester: Salisbury Street, Peter Woodward and David Ashford, 174

Observations during building work at 33 Trinity Street, Dorchester, Christopher Sparey-Green, 175

Water pipe trench, Cross-ridge Dyke, Fontmell Down, Martin Papworth, 175

Hinton St Mary: 4 Veal's Lane, Tanya Cottrell, 175

Water pipe trench, Hod Hill, Stourpaine, Martin Papworth, 175

Horton: Bramble Farm, CR Dowds, 175

Horton: Manor Farm, JW Day, 175-7

Wimborne: Blind Lane, JW Day, 177

Wimborne: Wilksworth, JW Day and D Day, 177

Watching briefs with negative results, 177

Shorter Contributions

Brief Encounter: the Cerne Abbas Giantess project, summer 1997, Katherine Barker, 179

The Celtic place name "Loders", Andrew Breeze, 183

Natural History Reports

Geology - Dorset Geological News, Michael R House, 185

Keates' Quarry dinosaur footprint site, JL Wright, 185

Further records of Dorset quaternary mammals, JB Delair, 186

Rare and notable lichen and bryophyte records, B Edwards, 188

Rainfall, DJ Paxman, 191

Botany, David Pearman, 194

Marine invertebrates 1996 and 1997, John Hawthorne, 195

Butterfly report, Bill Shreeves, 196

Moth report 1997, Peter Davey, 199

Microlepidoptera report 1997, Phil Sterling, 201

1997 moth immigrations to Dorset, Peter Davey, 204

Land arthropods, NR Webb, 206

Amphibians report 1996, Robert Skinner, 208

Reptiles report 1996, Robert Skinner, 208

Mammals, EM Keats, 209

Obituaries

James Stevens Cox FSA, 1910-1997, 213

Christopher Gladstone Russell Riby Williams, 1921-1997, 215

Index, 217

Editorial policy and style guide, 221