EWX1291 - Lytchett Prospect, Organford, Lytchett Minster; archaeological evaluation 1990

An evaluation commissioned by British Petroleum Exploration Limited on the site of a proposed exploratory well-site (1.28ha) and two access roads, track A leading from the main road, the A35, southwards to the well-site (285m in length) and the other a minor road westwards to the well-site (530m in length). The evaluation consisted of the excavation of 58 test pits, and located only unstratified artefacts. The absence of enhanced soil profiles and subsoil features from the evaluation area implies only limited activity in earlier periods. The artefacts are best explained as stray discards, the result of casual loss or domestic rubbish disposal onto the fields from nearby farms. Neither the flint flakes nor the medieval sherd appear to be part of larger assemblages. The results of this evaluation would suggest that the site of the proposed development has little archaeological potential.