SDO16343 - 1 High Street, Poole, Dorset. Archaeological Monitoring and Recording

'Context One Heritage & Archaeology (C1) carried out archaeological monitoring and recording as a condition of granting planning permission for the demolition of the existing building and the erection of a part 2-storey and a part 5-storey building comprising a commercial unit on the ground floor and 9 residential units above at 1 High Street, Poole, Dorset. The monitoring and recording was requested by the Local Planning Authority, Poole Borough Council, on the advice of the county Historic Environment Service, Dorset County Council, as the Site lies within the historic core of the town of Poole. There are several heritage assets within close proximity to the Site, including two Scheduled Monuments; the Old Town House of Scaplens Court Museum; and the Town Cellars at Paradise Street. Despite the potential of the Site, no archaeological features or deposits were observed. All of the deposits affected by the new building were comprised of recently made and disturbed ground. A few fragments of oyster shell were observed but there were no coherent deposits of shell. This implies that the Site lay outside the extent of the shell midden which developed on the foreshore from the early medieval period, or that the midden might occur at a much deeper level than that affected by this development.'