SDO11532 - Land at the rear of The Crown Public House, House at Osmington Street, Shaftesbury. Archaeological Evaluation.

Trial excavations at the rear of The Crown PH in Shaftesbury revealed approximately 2000mm of deeply stratified deposits, comprising a gully containing 10th/11th century pottery, sealed by midden deposits and soil layers of 12th – 16th century date and a later linear ditch. Pottery recovered from most of these deposits indicates a date range of 10th/11th century for the lower deposits, with post-Medieval material recovered from the uppermost layers. The report concludes that whilst the results are methodologically and archaeologically significant, the deposits that would be affected by the proposed development are ‘backland’ deposits of low-moderate archaeological potential most of which are likely to have been created off-site. The proposed development would have a moderately deleterious impact if constructed on traditional foundations or a reduced-formation level.