Monument record MDO49171 - Late Iron Age settlement, Canford Park, Poole

Anomalies seen in geophysical survey in 2018 and interpreted as a Late Iron Age enclosed settlement were investigated by trenches during archaeological work in 2018 to evaluate a site proposed for development. Several ditches corresponding to the anomalies were revealed. Relatively large quantities of Late Iron Age/Roman material were recovered which, where it could be dated, ranged from 1st century BC to mid-1st century AD.

Observations and recording in 2023 during excavation of a surface water outfall ditch (Ellis 2023) revealed a ditch containing material interpreted as a probable dump of domestic hearth material. A single worked flint of prehistoric date and palaeoenvironmental material suggested a later prehistoric or Roman date. The archaeologists on siste concluded that the ditch is probably associated with a known Iron Age/Romano-British enclosed settlement to the immediate north west of the outfall ditch.

Orellana, J, 2018, North Poole, Canford Park, Bearwood, Dorset. Archaeological Evaluation (Unpublished document). SDO16418.

Ellis, Chris, 2023, North Poole, Canford Park, Bearwood, Dorset. Archaeological Watching Brief (Unpublished document). SDO20926.

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Jun 20 2025 12:52PM