Contents of volume 121

for 1999, published 2000

The Romanesque church of St Nicholas, Studland (Dorset), Karen Lundgren and Malcolm Thurlby, 1

Monastic urban speculation: the Cistercians and medieval Charmouth, Laurence Keen, 17

The great storm of 1824, Gordon le Pard, 23

Farmers and their ancestral tombs: a study of the inconspicuous barrows of central Dorset and their relationship with the secular landscape, Frances Peters, 37

The river Avon: real-time realm of the ancestors, Si Cleggett, 49

Excavations at Tinney's Lane. Sherborne, Dorset, Jacqueline I McKinley, 53

Excavations of previously unknown buildings in the grounds of St Stephen's Vicarage, Grove, Portland, Susann Palmer, 69

Ammonite assemblages of the upper Oxford Clay (mariae zone) near Weymouth, Dorset, Nigel D Chapman, 77

A review of the stratigraphy of the Inferior Oolite (Bajocian stage, Middle Jurassic) near Clatcombe, Sherborne, with a description of temporary sections, John Huxtable, 101

Fossil beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) from the Purbeck Limestone Group of Dorset - a preliminary report, AG Ponomarenko, R Coram and EA Jarzembowski, 107

Species recorded on artificial and natural reefs, Poole Bay, 1989-1996, JJ Mallinson, KJ Collins and AC Jensen, 113

The environmental quality of the Bovington stream and its effects on the adjacent river Frome (Dorset), assessed with macroinvertebrate data, Patrick D Armitage, John H Blackburn, Rink Wiggers and Iain Harris, 123

Observations concerning the ecology of Nail Fungus Poronia punctata, recently rediscovered in Dorset, JHS Cox and BP Pickess, 129

Shorter Contributions

Purbeck mortars from 65 East Street, Corfe Castle, Clive Bowd, 133

A dove of peace from Litton Cheney, Jo Draper, 134

Another pot by Robert Shering of Verwood, Jo Draper, 135

Bridport Literary and Scientific Institute, Jo Draper, 136

Attempts at a Dorset County Museum in the 1820s, Jo Draper, 138

Sir James Thornhill's obelisk at Thornhill, Jeremy Barker, 140

Lawrence of Arabia's fire tank/swimming pool at Clouds Hill, Dorset, Khinlyn Fern, 142

Visitors' book for the Loyalty Theatre, Dorchester, Khinlyn Fern, 145

Dorset Archaeology in 1999

Archaeological sites added to the county Sites and Monuments Record, 151

Evaluations

Bridport, Church of St Mary, Alan Graham, 151

Corfe Castle, photogrammetric survey, Martin Papworth, 151

Pamphill, a round barrow at Old Lawn Farm, Martin Papworth, 151

Shapwick Romano-British settlement, geophysical survey, Martin Papworth, 151-2

Wareham, Castle Close, Brian Whitehead, 152

Excavations

Bestwall Quarry excavations 1999 - interim report, Lilian Ladle, 153

Chettle House, Steve Davies, Matthew Pellatt-Shand and Tim Schofield, 153-4

Dorchester, River View, Greenings Court, 1999, Christopher Sparey-Green, 154-5

Kingston Lacy, High Wood inhumation, Martin Papworth, 155-8

Sixpenny Handley, Goldfields Farm: interim statement, 1999, Ian Hewitt and Karen Rumsey, 158-9

Sixpenny Handley, Myncen Farm: interim report 1999, Christopher Sparey-Green, 159-60

Sixpenny Handley, Myncen Farm, PJH Roberts, 160-1

Watching briefs

Abbotsbury, Hannah's Lane, Ron Brading, 161

Dewlish, Forge Cottage, Ron Brading, 161

Weymouth, Lower Bond Street, Melcombe Regis, Brian Whitehead, 161

Watching briefs with negative results, 161

Finds and observations

Hampreston, a new Mesolithic site in Dorset, Ron Powell, 162

Hengistbury Head, tranchet axe, Ron Powell, 162

Natural History Reports

Geology - Dorset Geological News, Michael R House, 163

Rainfall, John Oliver and Mark Ching, 163

Mammals recorded for the first time from the Intermarine Member (Durlston Formation), Purbeck Limestone Group (Lower Cretaceous), of Dorset, Paul C Ensom, 166

Botany, David Pearman, 167

Marine invertebrates 1999, John Hawthorne, 169

Butterfly report, Bill Shreeves, 169

Microlepidoptera report 1999, Phil Sterling, 173

Dorset Hoverfly report 1999, ET and DA Levy, 175

Land Arthropods, NR Webb, 176

Amphibians, Robert V Skinner, 177

Reptiles, Robert V Skinner, 177

Mammal report, JA Stobart, 178

Index, 181

Editorial policy and style guide, 183