SDO12500 - A proposed development at the rear of 35-37 Blandford Road, Hamworthy, Dorset

An archaeological evaluation on the site of a proposed housing development at the rear of 35-37 Blandford Road, Hamworthy was carried out by AC archaeology during February 2007. The site is located within the presumed circuit of the Hamworthy Roman fort and is currently gardens with parking bays to the rear of existing properties. The evaluation comprised the machine-excavation of two trial pits. Both contained the same sequence of soils. One was disturbed by a modern soakaway but the other contained a shallow linear gulley of probable Romano-British date which contained fragments of early Romano-British pottery. No other Roman finds or features were present.