Monument record MDO2403 - Child's Garage, Long Street, Sherborne; medieval activity

Evidence for medieval activity was revealed during an evaluation in advance of development at Child’s Garage, Long Street in 1996. This comprised five severely truncated features of uncertain function, some of which contained medieval artefacts.

Wessex Archaeology conducted an archaeological evaluation in advance of re-development for 17 retirement properties at the former Child’s Garage, Long Street in 1996.

Five trenches were excavated. The only medieval features were severely truncated and recorded in Trenches 1 and 2. they were cut into the underlying clay. Three of these features were recorded in Trench 1, one of which contained a medieval iron arrowhead; both features in trench two contained medieval artefacts. All of these features are likely to relate to activities in the medieval town of Sherborne, although little can be said about their character or function. [1]

A subsequent watching brief during groundworks for the housing development failed to find any further medieval features, with much of the site affected by quarrying and modern features. this suggests that the medieval features recorded above were located on ‘pinnacles’ of relatively undisturbed ground. [2]

<1> Murdie, D and Butterworth, C, 1996, Child’s Garage, Sherborne, Dorset. Archaeological field evaluation (Unpublished document). SDO10376.

<2> Firth, A, 1996, Child’s Garage, Sherborne, Dorset. Archaeological watching brief (Unpublished document). SDO10377.

<3> Firth, A, 1996, Child’s Garage, Sherborne. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society (Article in serial). SDO10375.

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