EDO260 - Pipeline near Lodge Farm, Pamphill; excavation 1988

In February 1988 an excavation was undertaken to investigate a section of the Hamworthy to Badbury Roman road in advance of pipeline construction. The excavation recorded flanking ditches associated with the Roman road, although nothing survived of the road itself. A group of early Neolithic pits were also uncovered at this stage and further pits, including one containing Bronze Age pottery, came to light during the construction of the pipeline. A series of linear, Post-Medieval features crossed the site, cutting the southern road ditches and one of the Neolithic pits.