SDO14166 - C9447: Cold Harbour First Time Sewerage, Bere Road, Wareham, Dorset. A Programme of Archaeological Monitoring and Recording

‘Context One Archaeological Services (COAS) carried out a programme of archaeological monitoring and recording relating to groundworks associated with the installation of a new sewer and rising main along Bere Road, between Wareham and North Trigon Farm, Wareham, Dorset, over 29 days between 6 May 2011 and 28 April 2014. The project was commissioned and funded by Wessex Water Plc under a Term Agreement with COAS. The monitoring programme was requested by Mr Steve Wallis (Senior Archaeologist, Dorset County Council) following a consultation request by Ms Rebecca Howell (Assistant Environmental Scientist, Wessex Water plc). Mr Wallis identified three areas of archaeological interest that may have been potentially impacted by the scheme comprising a group of post-medieval milestones, possible Roman origins for Bere Road and three groups of prehistoric barrows. Despite this, development excavations did not reveal any evidence of activity from these periods and no finds were observed or recovered. There was no impact to the scheduled areas surrounding the barrows and similarly the post-medieval milestones were unaffected by the scheme.’