SDO11533 - 41-45 High Street, Shaftesbury, Dorset. Archaeological Evaluation

An archaeological evaluation was undertaken in the rear gardens of nos. 41-45 High Street, Shaftesbury, within the core of the medieval town. The evaluation comprised the excavation of six hand-dug test pits. Medieval soils and possible garden features were revealed in Test Pit 3, and perhaps also in Test Pits 2 and 5. Elsewhere, the early stratigraphy either had been truncated by 19th century terracing, or was so deeply buried beneath 19th century deposits, that it was not revealed. The artefacts recovered from the site suggested occupation from the 11th century onwards.