Monument record MWX3529 - Bestwall Quarry Archaeological Project, Field C, Bronze Age linears and pits

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Summary

Short length of gully excavated in Field C during 1995. In 1998 five more features were revealed when a spoil heap was cleared.

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Type and Period (3)

Full Description

Phase 4, 1995. Short length of gully 1m x 0.2m by 0.15m deep containing a fragments of pottery, two blades and a flint flake (1)
Phase 7, 1998. Five features of MBA date were excavated including two ditches with fingernail impressed pottery, a pit with burnt flint and a pit with hearthstone, sandstone, burnt flint, charcoal and raw clay. A fifth feature has been interpreted as a firing floor related to pottery manufacture (see WX3350). These features are only c. 75m from a cremation cemetery (WX3558) and may be contemporary with that site (2)


<1> Calkin, J B, Oral information, correspondence (not archived) or staff comments: J B Calkin (Verbal communication). SWX8254.

<2> Ladle L, 1998, Bestwall Quarry Archaeological Project, Phase 7 - 1998 (Unpublished document). SWX8528.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Verbal communication: Calkin, J B. Oral information, correspondence (not archived) or staff comments: J B Calkin.
  • <2> Unpublished document: Ladle L. 1998. Bestwall Quarry Archaeological Project, Phase 7 - 1998.

Finds (5)

Related Monuments/Buildings (12)

Related Events/Activities (2)

Location

Grid reference SY 9302 8806 (point) Centred on
Map sheet SY98NW
Civil Parish Wareham Town; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 6 024 065

Record last edited

Dec 19 2003 1:52PM

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