SDO11608 - The Stage 2 Archaeological Evaluation of the Proposed Stour Park, Blandford St. Mary, Dorset (centred on ST 889 057)

A second stage of evaluation on the western part of the proposed development site revealed further the extent of a medieval settlement. This demonstrated a high level of survival of the archaeological deposits, with evidence of structures along roads or trackways. Pottery suggested a potentially late Saxon date for the origins of the settlement. In the lower, northern part of the site, on the edge of the river flood plain, evidence of late Bronze Age activity was revealed, being a probable ring ditch and at least one cremation burial.