EDO4098 - Land Adjacent to Bridport Road, Dorchester; Evaluation Trench 1
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred SY 67541 90301 (22m by 21m) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SY69SE |
| Civil Parish | Dorchester; Dorset |
| Unitary Authority | Dorset |
Technique(s)
Organisation
Wessex Archaeology
Date
August 1995
Description
Wessex Archaeology carried out an archaeological evaluation of land adjacent to Bridport Road, Dorchester, Dorset. This comprised the machine excavation and recording of three trenches, each 30m long and 1.5m wide, totalling 135 square metres (2.7% sample of the proposed development area). Previous land use on the site had been permanent pasture.
All trenches revealed a similar stratigraphic sequence consisting of topsoil varying in thickness from 0.3m-0.4m, above a thin yellowish brown silty clay subsoil (0.1m-0.15m thick), which overlay an undisturbed clay with flint or Plateau Drift deposit.
Trench 1 was aligned NE-SW along the SE site boundary. Clay-with-flint natural was encountered at a depth of 0.4m below ground level. No archaeological features or deposits were found.
Sources/Archives (4)
- --- SDO9560 Unpublished document: Hulka, S. 1995. Land adjacent to Bridport Road, Dorchester, Dorset: Archaeological Evaluation.
- --- SDO9561 Article in serial: Hulka, S. 1995. Bridport Road, Dorchester. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 117. 124.
- --- SDO10008 Excavation archive: Wessex Archaeology. 1995. Land adjacent to Bridport Road, Poundbury, Dorchester.
- --- SDO10181 Index: National Monuments Record. NMR Activity Record. 1092561.
Parent/preceding Site Events/Activities (1)
- EDO4101 Land Adjacent to Bridport Road, Dorchester; evaluation 1995
Record last edited
Nov 23 2006 1:55AM