Monument record MDO8141 - Medieval pottery and possible features at 11 East street, Wareham

A site excavated in 1978 after house demolition. Walls of a possible 18th-century house were found, but medieval pottery (2 pieces of which were glazed) was found in a slot with 2 postholes in it. An E-W irregular unidentified feature was found to the north. Two small sherds of Roman pottery were recovered from the lower layers of the second trench.

A site dug after house demolition on the N side of East St east of it junction with Morton's Lane. A 4m by 2m trench was laid out 5.6m from the pavement revealing the walls of an eighteenth century house, and a disturbed dark layer around this foundation. There was a wall footing and rough paving? Of rubble and oyster shells and part of a quern, A slot was found containing medieval pottery and 2 post holes. At the N end of the trench an E-W irregular but deep feature was found and not fully excavated. A second trench also 4m by 2m was excavated 8m from the N end of the property. It contained humic soil down to natural sand with no features but 2 small pieces of Roman pottery and 25 medieval wares. (1)

Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1980, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1978, 124-126 (Serial). SDO78.

<1> Hinton D A and Horsey I P, 1978, Excavations in East Street Wareham, p124-126 (Article in serial). SWX8728.

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