Monument record MDO6724 - Neolithic occupation at Sutton Poyntz, Weymouth

Excavations North of the pumping station at Sutton Poynz in 1993 discovered Mesolithic implements, Neolithic and Bronze Age pottery and amorphous Early-Middle Iron Age features. A Late Iron Age round house and crouched inhumation were found in one area of the site, while a second area to the North provided evidence of Late Iron Age to end of the 2nd century AD pits, ditches, and a stone and turf boundary bank of several phases.

<1> Lancley, J, 1991, Empool to Chalbury Main. Archaeological Watching Brief (Unpublished document). SDO218.

<2> Graham, A, 1993, Sutton Poyntz Water Treatment Works, Sutton Poyntz, nr. Weymouth, Dorset, Archaeological Evaluation (Unpublished document). SWX8653.

<3> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1994, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1993, 154-155 (Serial). SDO93.

'SUTTON POYNTZ: The presence of a settlement of the late Iron Age and Romano-British date located immediately to the north of the waterworks at Sutton Poyntz (SY 703840) was first recorded during the construction of a water main in 1991 (Lancley, 1993, Site B). An archaeological evaluation and subsequent excavation of an area comprising 100m2 were commissioned by Wessex Water plc as part of the planning procedure prior to the construction of a new water treatment works. Excavation work commenced in October 1003 for a total of 15 weeks, eventually confirming the late Iron Age/Romano-British date of the settlement and also uncovering portions of several medieval buildings, including one considered to be a chapel.

<4> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1994, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1993, 150 (Serial). SDO93.

‘SUTTON POYNTZ WATER TREATMENT WORKS.
An archaeological evaluation was carried out in July 1993 of an area just north of the existing Water Treatment Works at Sutton Poyntz (SY 70558399) on behalf of Wessex Water plc. Trenches representing approximately a 3% sample exposed a series of gullies, ditches, and post-holes. This trenching exposed evidence of a potentially well preserved mid to late Iron Age settlement with some evidence of occupation during the Neolithic, Late Bronze Age and early Roman periods. It was considered, therefore, that the site contained areas of high archaeological sensitivity. Major excavation of this site is currently underway was [sic] undertaken October 1993-February 1994 (see Excavation Section).’

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1128636 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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