EDO5835 - Corfe Mullen to Salisbury Water Transfer Scheme Evaluation Trench 101

Cotswold Archaeology undertook an archaeological evaluation of the route of the proposed Corfe Mullen to Salisbury Water Transfer Scheme between July and December 2012.A total of 47 trenches were excavated in Dorset. Trench 101 was located to the south east of Tarrant Keyneston village on the parish boundary between Shapwick and Tarrant Keyneston. It measured 15m by 1.8m. It was positioned to evaluate geophysical anomaly 260. A ditch (101002) which corresponded to geophysical anomaly 260 was partially excavated. It measured about 1.85m wide and at least 1.1m deep. It was not excavated to its full depth and its overall profile is not known. It was filled with mixed chalk and silt deposits. The fills of the ditch appear to have been cut by a large post hole (101009) with post pipe. [1] [2] The record for this event has been created with support from Wessex Water.