Monument record MDO37359 - Ditch 11011, Corfe Mullen to Salisbury Water Transfer Scheme Evaluation Trench 11

A large ditch, possibly a boundary ditch was found in evaluation trench 11 of the Corfe Mullen to Salisbury Water Transfer Scheme route. Medieval pottery was found in the upper part of this ditch. The record for this monument has been created with support from Wessex Water.

A large ditch (110011), aligned NE-SW, was found in the north western end of evaluation trench 11 of the archaeological evaluation of the Corfe Mullen to Salisbury Water Transfer Scheme route. This ditch was 5.2m wide and about 1.5m deep. The upper part was eroded but it had much steeper sides further down. The shape of the base was not recorded. The lower part of the ditch was excavated by machine and the fills have not been recorded. A number of sherds of medieval pottery were recovered from the lowest fills excavated in this ditch (11012, 11013, 1104). This ditch may correspond to the geophysical anomaly 312. [1] An area positive geophysical anomaly (312) was identified during the geophysical survey along the proposed route of the Corfe Mullen to Salisbury Water Transfer Scheme and is indicative of a former cut feature which may be of archaeological origin. [2] The section and photograph in source 1 could suggest that there was another flat-bottomed ditch to the south east, which appears to have been cut by ditch 110011. [P Bellamy, 30-12-2015] The record for this monument has been created with support from Wessex Water.

Record last edited

Dec 30 2015 6:11PM