Monument record MDO6165 - Medieval ditch in Henbury Park, Sturminster Marshall

Observations during topsoil stripping on the route of a pipeline from Purbeck to Southampton in 1989 revealed a shallow ditch. Part of the filling of the ditch consisted of a band of black soil, and this was found to contain large amounts of pottery of eleventh to twelfth-century date.

<1> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1990, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1989, 122-124 (Serial). SDO89.

‘Plot 55.3 SY 95489822 Henbury Park
Topsoil stripping revealed a band of black soil filling a ditch containing large amounts of pottery. The ditch was shallow with a maximum depth of 0.45 m and had a flat, U-shaped profile. The east side had been buried by a shift in the topsoil, probably associated with the eighteenth century landscaping of the park. The pottery recovered is of eleventh to twelfth century Scratched type and represents five or six vessels two or three bowls, two cooking pots and a jug.’

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