Monument record MDO19699 - South of Tinney's Lane, Sherborne; medieval pit [11]

Excavations by Wessex Archaeology at the south side of Tinney’s Lane during 1997 revealed evidence for a rectangular pit in the central southern part of the site measuring 2.5m x 2.0m in plan and 0.45m deep with vertical sides and a flat base. 13th-14th century pottery was recovered from the upper fill.

Found during excavations conducted by Wessex Archaeology during January 1997 in advance of a housing development (Knotts Paddock) south of Tinney’s Lane, Sherborne. The results of the excavation have been published in PDNHAS, 121, 53-69 (1). Numbers in square brackets below refer to context numbers given in this report.

‘A rectangular pit [11], 2.5m x 2m, with vertical sides and a flat base, was cut to a depth of 0.45m through the limestone in the central southern area of the site…the stony lower fill (o.2m deep) contained no archaeological components. Pottery, mostly of 13th-14th century date, was recovered from the upper fill (0.25m deep), which also contained fragments of animal bone, shell and iron. Two small fragments of post-medieval pottery…may have been intrusive.’ (1)

<1> McKinley, J I, 1999, Excavations at Tinney’s Lane, Sherborne, Dorset; Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society (Article in serial). SDO10368.

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