SDO12511 - New Photovoltaic Arrays within the walled garden, St Giles' House, Wimborne St Giles, Dorset. Results of archaeological monitoring.

Archaeological monitoring was undertaken during excavation of the trenches for the electric cabling associated with the installation of photovoltaic arrays in the grounds of St Giles' House, Wimborne St Giles, Dorset (Centred on SU 3211591[sic]). The work was undertaken between October and November 2011 to fulfil both a planning and listed building condition required by East Dorset District Council. Several features of probable archaeological origin were recorded along the route of the cable trenches, the majority of which probably represent old field boundaries and drainage gullies containing no dateable evidence. In addition, features datable to the late post medieval period and/or Victorian era, such as pits and drains were also noted. As well as this a record was made of elements of the estate that are still visible today, such as the boundary wall to the walled garden, and a section through the floor of the motor shed revealing a possible earlier structure.