Monument record MDO18185 - Maiden Castle First School (Prince of Wales First School): Late Iron Age Courtyard 511

A flint gravelled courtyard was found in the central area of Late Iron Age Enclosure 1 during the 1993 excavations by AC archaeology on the Maiden Castle School site. The Late Iron Age round houses and other structures within the enclosure were arranged around this courtyard.

In the central area of enclosure 1 and immediately inside the south entrance was a courtyard area, which was exposed during the 1993 excavations by AC archaeology on the Maiden Castle School site. The courtyard was exposed but not excavated. It appeared as a hollow, probably as a result of having been terraced into the slope and had a surface of flint gravel, which had been covered by layers of soil and chalk rubble. This courtyard area was about 10m by 11m across.

AC Archaeology, 1992, Maiden Castle Road First School (Excavation archive). SDO9666.

Bellamy, P S , Graham, A , and Richards, J, 1993, Dorchester First School, Interim Report on Archaeological Excavations on the Site of the Maiden Castle Road First School, Dorchester, Dorset., 152 (Article in serial). SDO9480.

Graham A H, 1993, Summary Report on Archaeological Excavations on the site of the Maiden Castle Road First School, Dorchester, Dorset (Unpublished document). SDO9479.

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Jul 10 2006 11:05AM