Monument record MDO37398 - Undated quarry pits, Corfe Mullen to Salisbury Water Transfer Scheme Evaluation Trench 24

Three undated irregular pits, possibly quarry pits, were found in evaluation trench 24 of the Corfe Mullen to Salisbury Water Transfer Scheme route. The record for this monument has been created with support from Wessex Water.

Three undated irregular pits (24003, 24008 and 24011) were identified within evaluation Trench 24 of the archaeological evaluation of the Corfe Mullen to Salisbury Water Transfer Scheme route. They correlate to the location of three discrete geophysical anomalies (part of Anomaly 212). These three features all displayed a broadly similar roughly N-S alignment, had irregular sides and bases indicative of probable quarrying activity, and contained either one or two fills derived from gradual silting from which no artefactual evidence was recovered. [1][2]

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M, 2013, Corfe Mullen to Salisbury Transfer Scheme, Wessex Water, Dorset and Wiltshire: Archaeological Evaluation, 16 (Unpublished document). SDO14094.

<2> Marsh, B and Biggs, M, 2012, Geophysical Survey Report Corfe Mullen to Salisbury WTS, 24 (Unpublished document). SDO14089.

Record last edited

Jan 11 2016 2:50PM