Monument record MDO6921 - Pits containing Deverel-Rimbury pottery, Moortown Aerodrome, Poole

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Summary

Two small circular pits containing Deverel-Rimbury pottery recorded in advance of gravel extraction, and interpreted as the probable site of a small Bronze Age settlement.

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Full Description

<1> Poole Museums Service List of Excavations, PM34 (Index). SDO14878.

Site Code: PM34. Area: J. Activity: 2 pits containing Bronze Age Deverell-Rimbury type pottery. Dating Evidence: Pottery. Flint. Area: Site observation, chance find, immediate area undisturbed. Centre of Activity: SZ 0433 9728.

<2> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1985, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1984, 114 (Serial). SDO84.

‘THE STOUR VALLEY GRAVELS PROJECT …. Moortown Aerodrome (SZ 040970) … The Bronze Age Settlement Site. Two small circular pits containing Deverel-Rimbury pottery seem to indicate the remains of a small Bronze Age settlement site.’

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Index: Poole Museums Service List of Excavations. PM34.
  • <2> Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1985. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1984. 106. 114.

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Location

Grid reference SZ 0433 9728 (point)
Map sheet SZ09NW
Unitary Authority Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 5 000 501

Record last edited

Jan 7 2020 1:49PM

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