Monument record MDO37362 - Shapwick/Tarrant Keyneston Parish Boundary, Corfe Mullen to Salisbury Water Transfer Scheme evaluation trench 100

Part of the bank and ditch of the parish boundary between Shapwick and Tarrant Keyneston was found in evaluation trench 100 of the Corfe Mullen to Salisbury Water Transfer Scheme route. The record for this monument has been created with support from Wessex Water.

A large ditch (100002) aligned roughly NW-SE was found in the south west end of evaluation trench 100 of the archaeological evaluation of the Corfe Mullen to Salisbury Water Transfer Scheme route. This ditch was at least 5m wide and perhaps about 2.2m deep, though only the upper 1m was excavated, so its complete profile is not known. The upper deposits in the ditch included material eroded from an accompanying bank on the south west side, with a stabilisation layer near the top. A fragment of post-medieval tile was found in the upper silting deposits and nineteenth century and glass in the uppermost layer of silting above a stabilisation layer. The bank survived as a low earthwork along the line of the existing field boundary. The ditch corresponds to geophysical anomaly 260. [1] [2] This bank and ditch form part of the parish boundary between Shapwick and Tarrant Keyneston. [P Bellamy 31-12-2015] The record for this monument has been created with support from Wessex Water.

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Dec 31 2015 1:02PM