Monument record MDO2409 - South of Tinney's Lane, Sherborne; Romano-British linear [36]

Excavations by Wessex Archaeology at the south side of Tinney’s Lane during 1997 revealed evidence for an E-W oriented linear feature with a v-shaped profile at the northern end of the site. A post-hole had been cut into the south side of the ditch. A section of the ditch had been excavated in an earlier evaluation, which produced large quantities of Romano-British pottery.

Found during an evaluation conducted by AC Archaeology in 1996 [F103] and later excavated by Wessex Archaeology during January 1997 in advance of a housing development (Knotts Paddock) south of Tinney’s Lane, Sherborne [36]. 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.

An E-W oriented linear feature [36] with a v-shaped profile was excavated at the northern end of the site. It measured 2m wide and 0.7m deep, and may have been deliberately backfilled with a single homogenous fill. A post-hole [31] with 0.20m diameter and 0.23m deep, had been cut into the south side of the ditch. The packing of this post-hole had been subsequently sealed by the fill of the ditch. A single fragment of Iron Age pottery, 2 fragments of Romano-British and a single fragment of medieval pottery were recovered from the ditch. However, A section of the ditch had been excavated in an earlier evaluation (2), from which large quantities of Romano-British pottery had been recovered. It is possible that the single sherd of medieval pottery was intrusive, derived from the large medieval quarry pit that partially truncated the ditch.

Cotton, J, 1997, Sherborne, Tinney’s Lane; Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society (Article in serial). SDO10372.

<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.

<2> Cotton, J, 1996, An archaeological evaluation of the proposed development of land south of Tinney’s Lane, Sherborne, Dorset (Unpublished document). SDO10370.

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