Monument record MDO49229 - Bronze Age settlement, Common Mead Lane, Gillingham

An evaluation by AC Archaeology in 2021 of a site proposed for development revealed two pits in Trench 8 with Late Bronze Age pottery in their fillings. The archaeologists on site considered that undated postholes and a curving gully near by might be of similar date; the gully possibly the remains of a round house. Similar pits were recorded in Trench 9, though no dating evidence was recovered.

Pit F804 was sub-circular in plan with a maximum diameter of 0.5m and an almost vertical profile and flat base at a depth of 0.2m. The filling of the pit was a bluish grey, clayey silt with abundant charcoal flecks. The filling contained a small quantitiy of pottery, probably Late Bronze Age in date.

Pit F806 was sub-circular in plan with a maximum diameter of 0.4m and a shallow, irregular profile. The filling of the pit was a bluish grey, clayey silt with sparse small gravels and charcoal flecks. The filling contained a small quantitiy of pottery, probably Late Bronze Age in date.

Robinson, S, 2021, Land off Common Mead Lane, Gillingham, Dorset: Results of archaeological evaluation (Unpublished document). SDO17302.

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May 5 2026 3:17PM