Monument record MDO23297 - Pits, adjacent to West Street, Wimborne Minster

Two substantial post-medieval pits. The filling of the pits contained pottery of probable eighteenth-century date, glass bottle fragments and clay pipes.

Two substantial post-medieval pits at the eastern end of Trench 1, located on the West Street frontage; the filling of the pits contained pottery of probable eighteenth-century date, glass bottle fragments and clay pipes. The pits were cut through modern tarmac and hard core on top of a very dark silty clay loam containing post-medieval finds, on top of natural subsoil.

A more dense concentration of pits was recorded elsewhere on the site, and interpreted as being post-medieval quarry pits. It may be that the pits adjacent to West Street, though rather isolated, were also for quarrying. Historic maps show the area as being built over by at least 1887, so the quarrying occurred before this date. (1)

<1> Cox P, 1994, Archaeological Evaluation of Land Between West Street and King Street, Wimborne, Dorset (Unpublished document). SDO11581.

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Jan 13 2010 10:07AM