Monument record MDO2925 - Prehistoric settlement on Frome Hill, West Stafford

A large pit and other features, interpreted as probable structures, were recorded during observations of construction of the West Stafford By-pass. Excavation of the pit produced a large quantity of Middle Bronze Age pottery associated with animal bones and a piece of copper alloy slag.

<1> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1993, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1992, 248 (Serial). SDO92.

‘WEST STAFFORD BY-PASS, OBSERVATION AND RECORDING.
Subsequent to the evaluation and excavation reported in Dorset Archaeology in 1991 a programme of observation and recording, funded by Dorset County Council Transportation and Engineering Department, was carried out during road construction.
Numerous scatters of worked flint were recovered along the line of the by-pass and features of prehistoric date were observed and sampled in several locations. A number of small pits were recorded close to the crop-mark ring ditch excavated in advance of construction and a single large pit, associated with more ephemeral and possibly structural features was located on the crest of Frome Hill (SY 715 895). The excavation of this feature produced a large collection of Middle Bronze Age pottery, associated with animal bones and a single fragment of copper alloy slag. Peat deposits within the Rome valley were observed but no archaeological deposits or artefacts were recorded.’

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