SDO12296 - Archaeological Observations on the Site of the Former Woolaway Bungalow, Cruxton, Maiden Newton

Archaeological observations were conducted in conjunction with groundworks to construct a two storey building at the site of the former Woolaway Bungalow, Cruxton, Maiden Newton, Dorset, during January 1999. No in situ archaeological features were disturbed during the work, although an undated chalk-lined well and two undated subsoil horizons were observed during the area topsoil strip and site preparation. Large areas of the site were truncated by modern disturbance, which may have removed any direct evidence for former occupation of the site, although a milk churn stand of probable 18th/19th century date was recorded to the north of the site. The landscape evidence may suggest earlier occupation; the site itself lying within a well-defined terrace, with earthworks in adjacent fields to both northeast and southwest.