EDO185 - Waitrose Supermarket Site, Chantry Fields, Gillingham; excavation 1991-92
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred ST 8066 2635 (50m by 48m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | ST82NW |
| Civil Parish | Gillingham; Dorset |
| Unitary Authority | Dorset |
Technique(s)
Organisation
AC archaeology
Date
1991-2
Description
AC Archaeology conducted an archaeological excavation between December 1991 and February 1992 in advance of the construction of a new Waitrose supermarket on land known locally as Chantry Fields.
The excavations '...revealed a sequence of ditched enclosures and boundaries dating to the 13th and 14th centuries. The site lies on the fringe of an area above the floodplain of the River Stour where extensive earthworks exist which may once have formed part of a sub-urban Medieval settlement and associated fields south of the river adjacent to a ford crossing.' [1]
Sources/Archives (6)
- <1> SDO11466 Article in serial: Cox P. 1998. Excavations at the Waitrose Supermarket Site, Chantry Fields, Gillingham; Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 114.
- <2> SDO92 Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1993. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1992. 114. 127-134.
- <3> SDO16509 Serial: Society for Medieval Archaeology. 1992. Medieval Archaeology : journal of the Society for Medieval Archaeology 36. 221.
- <4> SWX9199 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1992. Summary List of Projects in Dorset 1992.
- <5> SDO16497 Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 1038629.
- <6> SDO14748 Index: RCHME Microfilm Index. 2951.
Record last edited
Oct 16 2020 11:52AM