SDO11537 - No. 8 Love Lane, Shaftesbury, Dorset. An Archaeological Evaluation

The excavation of three trenches revealed no archaeological features. Artefact retrieval was limited to less than 10 sherds of nineteenth/early twentieth century Verwood wares and flowerpot fabric. A desk-based assessment of the site revealed that it had been part of a unit of land used as garden allotments as late as 1901. This would be consistent with the nature of the ceramic fabrics from the site and that of the topsoil that was both rich and well turned. In general the grounds of no. 8 had been disturbed on a number of occasions, not least by the creatio of a building platform to support the cottage, and the construction of a tarmac car park adjacent to Love Lane. Service trenches included as gas pipeline.