SDO10418 - New Water Main, New Road, Sherborne, Dorset. Archaeological Watching Brief

A watching brief was maintained during the construction of a new water main running across the River Yeo floodplain, adjacent to New Road, Sherborne (ST64481655 to ST64381625). At approximately ST64441640, a thin band of charcoal-soil containing a clay pipe and a number of human bones was associated with a linear earthwork visible running along the floodplain to the west of the site. The human remains were not in situ and may be residual in this context and may be related to one of the sieges of Sherborne Old Castle during the Civil war. A thin band of charcoal-soil containing a clay pipe and a number of human bones recorded at NGR ST64441640 was associated with a linear earthwork running along the Yeo floodplain to the west of the site. The human remains were not in situ but may be related to one of the sieges of Sherborne Castle during the civil war.