EDO6300 - The Eye, Higher Filbank, Town's End, Corfe Castle; watching brief 2017

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Location

Grid reference
Map sheet
Civil Parish	Corfe Castle; Dorset
Unitary Authority	Dorset

Technique(s)

WATCHING BRIEF

Organisation

Terrain Archaeology

Date

2017

Description

Observations and recording during groundworks for the building of a new house in the garden. Digging of a water percolation test pit and new service trench was observed on 3 July, and the rest of the works on 8 August. A machine was used to strip topsoil from the area of the new house and access road (around 655 m2 in total) to the top of the underlying natural weathered clay. No archaeological features or deposits were observed.

Sources/Archives (2)

<1> SDO15351 Unpublished document: Trevarthen, M. 2017. The Eye, Higher Filbank, Corfe Castle, Dorset. Archaeological Observations and Recording during Groundworks for a New Dwelling.
<2> SDO16497 Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 1613170.

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Record last edited

May 7 2021 4:53PM

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