EWX1393 - Empool Pipeline: East Stoke-West Knighton; watching brief and survey 1989

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 82450 88900 (3900m by 2800m) (2 map features)
Map sheet SY88NW
Civil Parish East Stoke; Dorset
Civil Parish Winfrith Newburgh; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Technique(s)

Organisation

Wessex Archaeology

Date

1989

Description

Project consisted of an extended watching brief and auger, topographical and earthwork surveys along the route of the pipeline. Project located a Medieval bank and ditch and flint implements at SY 805 875; Roman and Medieval sites at SY 84518936; Roman pottery and a ditch of uncertain date at SY 8116 8821; a Medieval bank at SY 8019 8821; a Post Medieval site at SY 7445 8743; earthworks and ditch of an uncertain date at SY 7793 8744 and a ditch of uncertain date at SY 7820 8745.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • --- Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 922791.
  • <1> Unpublished document: Smith, R J C, and Trott, M R. 1989. East-West Dorset Link Main, Wessex Water Engineering Services; evaluation.
  • <2> Unpublished document: Smith, R J C. 1990. Archaeological Observations on the Route of the East-West Dorset Link Main 1989.

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Record last edited

May 15 2023 1:10PM

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