Monument record MDO1443 - Roman occupation, Litton Cheney

A pit disturbed during groundworks for a new reservoir in July 1965. The site was visited by Jack Bailey who reported that the pit was around nine feet in diameter and roughly the same depth; Mr Bailey felt that lack of care in construction of the pit indicated that it was dug only for the purpose of disposing of building debris and had no previous use. The filling of the pit contained pieces of faced building stone, fragments of clay and stone roof tiles, and Romano-British coarse pottery. The skeleton of a dog was also seen; most had been disturbed by machinery, but a dog mandible remained at the bottome of the pit.

A pit was doscovered in July 1965 at SY55369080. Approximately 9 feet in diameter by 9 feet deep, it contained Roman building material, coarse Roman pottery and everted-rim sherds. It was probably created to bury the material which probably locally derived.

Historic England, National Record of the Historic Environment, 884856 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1966, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1965, 91-92 (Serial). SDO65.

Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1982, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1980, 104 (Serial). SDO80.

Bailey, C J, 1982, The Bride Valley : the story of the past, with photographs of the present (Monograph). SWX1298.

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