EDO3725 - Fordington Field (Dorchester By-pass site 7); watching brief

Please read our .

Location

Grid reference Centred SY 67482 89684 (227m by 262m)
Map sheet SY68NE
Civil Parish Winterborne Monkton; Dorset
Civil Parish Dorchester; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Technique(s)

Organisation

Wessex Archaeology

Date

summer 1987

Description

During topsoil stripping in advance of the By-pass construction in summer 1987, a watching brief was undertaken by Wessex Archaeology across the area of the former Fordington open fields, between the excavations at Middle Farm and Maiden Castle Road. Previous evaluation excavation in this area had not revealed much significant archaeological activity, only a number of tree hollows, a possible Roman corndrying oven and two probable medieval or post-medieval ditches. The watching brief confirmed the low level of archaeological activity. Further parts of two ditches found during the evaluation were exposed and traces of two other ditches were found.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Excavation archive: Wessex Archaeology. 1987. Dorchester By-pass.
  • <2> Monograph: Smith, R J C et al. 1997. Excavations along the Route of the Dorchester By-pass, Dorset, 1986-8. 70-71.

Map

Find a placename, postcode or grid reference

Map layers

Base layers

Info

Record list

Tools

Parent/preceding Site Events/Activities (2)

  • Dorchester By-pass; watching brief 1987-88
  • Dorchester By-pass; excavation 1986-88 (Ref: NMR UID: 654514)

Record last edited

Mar 10 2017 11:49AM

Comments and Feedback

Do you have any questions or more information about this record? Please feel free to comment below with your name and email address. All comments are submitted to the website maintainers for moderation, and we aim to respond/publish as soon as possible. Comments, questions and answers that may be helpful to other users will be retained and displayed along with the name you supply. The email address you supply will never be displayed or shared.