Monument record MDO49359 - Early Neolithic post hole, Woodsford Quarry East Phase M3, Woodsford

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A post hole excavated in 2024 during excavation in advance of quarrying. The post hole [1016] contained a filling of moderately compacted mottled red brown sandy clay containing fragments of wood. Radiocarbon dating of the wood fragments gave a date of c.3770-3648 cal. BC.

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Bunce, A, Children, G, and Clark, L, 2024, Archaeological Strip, Map & Sample Excavation. Phase M3 - Woodsford Quarry East, Woodsford, Dorchester, Dorset, 6 (Unpublished document). SDO21413.

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  • ---XY Unpublished document: Bunce, A, Children, G, and Clark, L. 2024. Archaeological Strip, Map & Sample Excavation. Phase M3 - Woodsford Quarry East, Woodsford, Dorchester, Dorset. 6. [Mapped feature: #641479 ]

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Grid reference Centred SY 7725 9011 (1m by 0m)
Map sheet SY79SE
Civil Parish Woodsford; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Nov 14 2025 3:03PM

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