Monument record MDO6942 - Medieval field system, Bearwood School, Wheelers Lane, Poole

Traces of a medieval field system were discovered during the construction of Bearwood Primary School in 1992-4. A series of four parallel ditches, two of which contained medieval pottery, were identified running in a roughly NNE-SSW direction.

A small number of ditches interpreted as part of a medieval field system were discovered during a watching brief by Wessex Archaeology during the construction of an extension to Bearwood Primary School in 1994. Four parallel ditches aligned roughly NNE-SSW were identified, two of which contained a small quantity of medieval pottery of 12th-14th century date. These ditches were about between 0.8 m - 1.17 m wide and up to 0.26 m deepfilled with dark yellowish brown loam. These ditches were within the same area as a ditched field system dating from the Late Bronze Age to the Romano-British period. (1)

<1> Butterworth, C and Montague, R, 1995, Bearwood Junior School, Poole, Dorset. Archaeological Watching Brief February 1995 (Unpublished document). SWX8331.

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