EDO5837 - Corfe Mullen to Salisbury Water Transfer Scheme Evaluation Trench 74

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 74 was located on Keyneston Down to the south east of Buzbury Rings and adjacent to a rectangular enclosure. It measured 30m by 1.8m. It was positioned to evaluate geophysical anomaly 236. A ditch (74004) which corresponded to geophysical anomaly 236 was excavated in the central part of the trench and proved to have a V-shaped profile measuring 2.9m wide and 1.04m deep. It filled with chalky deposits near the base and silty soil above and it contained 30 sherds of Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age pottery in one of the upper fills. There is some slight suggestion of a bank on its western side. There appears to have been a small recut on its western side. Another, undated, small ditch or gully (74003) lay further to the south east. A possible tree throw (740120) lay between them. [1] [2] The record for this event has been created with support from Wessex Water.