Charles Warne

Charles Warne (1802 – 11 April 1887) was an English antiquarian and archæologist.

Life

Born in Dorset, he became a close friend of Charles Roach Smith. In 1853 and 1854 he made archaeological tours in France with Smith and Frederick William Fairholt.^[1]

Elected as a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London in 1856, Warne was then and for some time afterwards a resident of London. He made researches into the prehistoric remains of Dorset. Then for a long time he lived at Ewell, Surrey; the last years of his life were spent at Brighton, where he died on 11 April 1887.^[1]

Legacy

Warne's collection of sepulchral urns and other relics from barrows went to Dorchester Museum. Part of his collection of coins was sold by auction by Messrs. Sotheby, Wilkinson, & Hodge, on 24 and 25 May 1889.^[1]

Works

Warne's works were:^[1]

• On the Discovery of Roman Remains on Kingston Down, near Bere Regis, Dorset; and the Identification of the Site as the Station of Ibernium on the Icknield Street, London, 1836.
• An Illustrated Map of Dorsetshire, giving the sites of its numerous Celtic, Roman, Saxon, and Danish Vestiges [1865]. He spent two years walking the county in the company of George Hillier to prepare it.
• Dorsetshire: its Vestiges, Celtic, Roman, Saxon, and Danish, London. This work also served as an index to the map.
• The Celtic Tumuli of Dorset, London, 1866.
• On certain Ditches in Dorset called Belgic, London, 1869, reprinted from the Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries.
• Ancient Dorset: the Celtic, Roman, Saxon, and Danish Antiquities of the County, including the Early Coinage, Bournemouth, 1872.

Warne also contributed "Observations on Vespasian's first Campaign in Britain" to Archæologia (xl. 387), and "Archæological Notes made during a Tour in France" to Charles Roach Smith's Retrospections (vol. ii. 1886).^[1]

Notes

1.  Lee, Sidney, ed. (1899). "Warne, Charles". Dictionary of National Biography 59. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

Attribution

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1899). "Warne, Charles". Dictionary of National Biography 59. London: Smith, Elder & Co.