SDO11541 - An Archaeological Evaluation carried out at Coppice Street, Shaftesbury, Dorset

An archaeological evaluation was undertaken by AOC Archaeology Group on the site at Coppice Street, Shaftesbury. The evaluation involved the opening of a total of eight, machine excavated trenches across the development area. Only Trench 3 and Trench 5 contained any archaeological features. Trench 3 revealed the end of a ditch and a number of small pits and post holes. The ditch and a few of the other features were 13th century in date. Three large post holes recorded in Trench 5 were dated to the Iron Age by a single sherd of pottery and may have been structural. A number of other undated features seemed to be contemporary with an area of burning recorded in Trench 5 that was dated to the 13th century and indicated medieval activity of some sort in this trench.