Monument record MDO8610 - Late Iron Age settlement, East Overcliff Drive, Bournemouth

Iron Age settlement site discovered during road works and excavated to reveal ditches, pits and post holes associated with Late Iron Age pottery.

SZ09859103. IA pottery and pits were uncovered during road excavation by the Borough Engineers Department on 14.10.69 on the southern boundary of 'Riviera', fronting on East Overcliff Drive, Bournemouth. Excavation has been started by the South Wessex Arch.Assoc. <1>

Excavations for the County Borough and the Museum of Archaeology showed numerous ditches, pits, postholes, and much pottery of a late IA settlement over laid by RB occupation features and finds. <2>

<1> Agar, R, Letter, R Agar, Bournemouth Deputy Borough Engineer, 1969 (Unpublished document). SWX3475.

<2> Ridley, M, 1969, Council for British Archaeology : Group 12 (Wessex) and Group 13 (South West) : Archaeological review, 4 (Article in serial). SWX3476.

<3> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Records, SZ 09 SE 34 (Index). SDO131.

SZ09859103. IA pottery and pits were uncovered during road excavation by the Borough Engineers Department on 14.10.69 on the southern boundary of 'Riviera', fronting on East Overcliff Drive, Bournemouth. Excavation has been started by the South Wessex Arch.Assoc. (1)

Excavations for the County Borough and the Museum of Archaeology showed numerous ditches,pits,postholes, and much pottery of a late IA settlement over laid by RB occupation features and finds. (2)

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 458159 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Dec 4 2023 12:46PM