SDO9630 - Excavations at Poundbury, Dorchester, Dorset 1966-1982. Volume 1: The Settlements

Monograph detailing the non-funerary archaeology of the excavations at Poundbury 1966-82, to the east of Poundbury Camp. The publication primarily concentrates on the spatial patterns of enclosures, boundaries and structures through time. Details of feature dimensions and finds are largely confined to microfiche. The report is divided into six main periods. Period I deals with the Neolithic and Bronze Age features. These include a series of Neolithic pits and flint quarries, an Early Bronze Age settlement comprising a circular timber structure within a ditched enclosure, Middle Bronze Age settlement comprising an extensive linear ditch system and droveway with two timber structures, which were later remodelled, and a Late Bronze Age enclosure. Period II deals with the Iron Age features, including a Middle Iron Age enclosure with pits, which was remodelled and extended and contained two round houses, succeeded by an unenclosed Middle Iron Age settlement which continued into the Late Iron Age with a number of succeeding round houses. In the Late Iron Age, there appeared to another focus of settlement to the east. Period III Early Roman settlement comprising a group of two or three timber and drystone buildings with associated pits, scoops and an oven. Phase IV Late Roman ditched enclosures and two groups of farm buildings, which went out of use in the 4th century. Period V 5th century AD settlement with at least eight rectangular timber buildings, grain driers and pits, within a rectilinear ditched enclosure. A second major phase of enclosure possibly of 6th-7th century date with three rectangular buildings and pits.