Monument record MDO37370 - Undated ditches, Corfe Mullen to Salisbury Water Transfer Scheme Evaluation Trench 75

Two parallel closely-spaced ditches were found in evaluation trench 75 of the Corfe Mullen to Salisbury Water Transfer Scheme route. These were not excavated and are undated. The excavators suggested they formed part of a hedged boundary. The record for this monument has been created with support from Wessex Water.

Two parallel ditches were identified in the northern part of evaluation trench 75 of the archaeological evaluation of the Corfe Mullen to Salisbury Water Transfer Scheme route. These ditches were oriented roughly WNW-ESE and lay close together. They were not excavated as they were interpreted as a pre-existing hedge boundary, the alignments of which were clearly visible as a positive cropmark running across the existing field. [1]

The line of the postulated hedge boundary has not been identified on historic map. [P Bellamy 4/1/2015]

The record for this monument has been created with support from Wessex Water.

<1> Havard, T and Nicholl, M, 2013, Corfe Mullen to Salisbury Transfer Scheme, Wessex Water, Dorset and Wiltshire: Archaeological Evaluation, 45 (Unpublished document). SDO14094.

Two parallel ditches were identified to the south of pit 75008 but were not excavated as they were identified to be a pre-existing hedge boundary, the alignments of which were clearly visible as a positive cropmark running across the existing field.

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Jan 4 2016 11:23AM