Monument record MDO6213 - Post-medieval field boundary on land off Cooper's Lane, Verwood

A ditch recorded during archaeological evaluation of a proposed development site in 1998. No finds were recovered from the filling of the ditch, but the excavators considered it likely to be a field boundary of post-medieval date.

<1> Valentin, J, 1998, An Archaeological Field Evaluation of a Proposed Residential Development on Land off Cooper's Lane, Verwood, Dorset. (Unpublished document). SDO13218.

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4.4 Trench 4
F402 was an approximate NE-SW aligned probable ditch. Its visible dimensions were width of 1.40m and depth of 170mm. The profile showed as gradually sloping onto a flattish base. Its fill (context 403) was composed of a dark brown sandy silty clay with occasional small rounded gravel fragments. No artefacts were recovered, although it is considered that the ditch represents a boundary ditch dating to when the field divided into smaller land units and is likely to be post-Medieval in date.’

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Feb 10 2014 3:09PM