Monument record MDO2105 - Bronze Age settlement at Hewish near Pucksey Brook, Portesham

A Bronze Age settlement revealed during evaluation of a possible drilling site. Finds from the site included prehistoric pottery, flint and chert flakes, and three conjoining fragments of a saddle quern.

Richards, J, 1991, Archaeological Assessment of Exploratory Borehole Site at Hewish, Dorset (Unpublished document). SDO17076.

<1> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1992, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1991, 168 (Serial). SDO91.

'The evaluation of an exploratory drilling site at Hewish was carried out during April 1991. The area investigated comprised a 1 ha SY 643844 site adjacent to the Pucksey Brook and a 450 m section of proposed new access track south to Hewish Hill.
Fieldwalking within the area of the drill site produced 1 flint and 2 chert flakes of uncertain date. Machine trenches were excavated along the track, comprising a 5% sample of the area, and revealed evidence for Bronze Age settlement on the top of Hewish Hill at SY 64308394. A single feature of this location contained 8 sherds of prehistoric pottery, seven flint flakes and three conjoining fragments of a sandstone saddle quern.’

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