Monument record MDO425 - Roman corn drying kiln, Poundbury Farm, Bradford Peverell

<1> AC archaeology, 1992, Dorchester Ring Main 1992: Post-Excavation Research Design, Site 605 (Unpublished document). SDO9463.

<2> Chowne, P, 1988, Interim Report on the Western Link Road, Bradford Peverell, Dorset. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. (Article in serial). SDO9855.

‘… The majority of the artefacts and features discovered to date belong to the late Iron Age and Romano-British period and are sealed by the decalcified soil referred to above. … Halfway up the eastern side of the coombe is a massive lynchet, probably part of the field system. Just below and parallel to this feature is a wall of flint nodules bonded with mortar. It is not certain as yet whether this wall is part of a building or merely acted as a revetment to prevent the movement of soil down into an area of industrial activity. In the valley bottom are a number of pits and hollows. One pit is rectangular, lined with opus signinum and was surrounded by a wall made from flint nodules. The pit was clearly designed to be waterproof and may be a cistern. Adjacent to this pit were the remains of a substantial grain drying oven. One of the hollows in the valley bottom contained a large amount of pottery and burnt material suggestive of an industrial process although simple rubbish disposal cannot be ruled out.’

<2> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1988, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1987, 125-126 (Serial). SDO87.

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