EDO6346 - Pimperne: Wessex Water Corfe Mullen to Salisbury transfer scheme

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Location

Grid reference ST 8975 0908 (point) Centred on
Map sheet ST80NE
Civil Parish Pimperne; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Technique(s)

Organisation

AC archaeology

Date

2013-2015

Description

Excavation and watching brief was undertaken to the south of Manor Farm and the Pimperne pumping Station, as part of the Wessex Water Corfe Mullen to Salisbury water transfer scheme archaeological mitigation. A range of archaeological features were recorded including a cluster of pits of Bronze Age date and a scatter of other Bronze Age and undated pits, a number of ditches, gullies and lynchets, a sparse scatter of isolated postholes and two isolated undated inhumation burials. At the northern end of the site part of a hengiform pit circle was found.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Unpublished document: Brace, D, Carter, D, Cox, P, Firth, E, and Robinson, S. 2016. The Wessex Water Corfe Mullen to Salisbury transfer scheme (B0400 and B0456) 2013-2016 Site and finds assessment and updated project design. 20-44.

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Parent/preceding Site Events/Activities (1)

  • Wessex Water Corfe Mullen to Salisbury Transfer Scheme; archaeological mitigation 2013 to 2015

Record last edited

Sep 19 2017 12:18PM

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