Monument record MWX2824 - Drainage gully or field boundary, Abbots Cottages (Phase 2) Corfe Castle

A linear feature aligned east-west was recorded during observations and recording during building works in 1997. The feature was interpreted as a drainage gully or a field boundary ditch; no evidence was found to date it.

F104 was a roughly E-W aligned cut feature extending east from the western site boundary for about 11m. The feature had shallow concave sides and a slightly concave base, with a depth of 0.15m and was filled with a light greyish-brown friable sandy silt containing sparse charcoal flecks. No dating evidence was recovered from the fill. It is interpreted as a drainage gully or truncated field boundary ditch. (1)

<1> Mcmahon, P A, and Leach, S, 1997, An Archaeological Watching Brief at Phase 2, Abbots Cottages, Corfe Castle, Dorset. (Unpublished document). SWX8194.

<1> Mcmahon, P, 1998, Corfe Castle, Abbots Cottages, East Street; Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society (Article in serial). SDO11338.

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