Monument record MDO7605 - Iron Age ditch at the new Norden Mine, Corfe Castle

A ditch aligned approximately north-south recorded by AC archaeology in 1992 during observation of groundworks for a new clay mine. The filling of the ditch contained abraded fragments of late Iron Age pottery.

Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1993, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1992, 247 (Serial). SDO92.

‘Observation of the groundworks in preparation for a new clay mine at at Norden Farm involved the monitoring of two areas: the site of a new duck pond (around SY 9512 8280) … In the first area traces of two continuous subsoil ditches were identified, aligned approximately north/south and south-west/north-east, and short lengths of three other ditches generally aligned south west-north east. Forty-eight oxidised and abraded fragments of late Iron Age pottery were recovered from the north south ditch.‘

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Sep 3 2026 2:23PM