SDO12567 - Summary Report on an Archaeological Evaluation at Highmoor Farm, Talbot Village, Poole, 1997

An archaeological evaluation was conducted on land at High Moor Farm, Talbot Village, Poole, Dorset (centred at NGR SY 0730 9330). A preliminary desk-based assessment identified several Bronze Age barrows near the site. The eastern boundary of the farm was shown to be of some antiquity. The evaluation itself consisted of 4 small trial trenches across the eastern boundary, a magnetic susceptibility survey of the majority of the farm, and a magnetometer survey of approximately 25% of the farm. Areas of interest identified by the geophysical surveys were investigated by seven machine-dug trenches. A total of seven possible ditches were located, all undated. A scan of some of the spoil, undertaken by students from Bournemouth University, revealed a quantity of worked flint, including a leaf-shaped arrowhead, dated to the Neolithic. The geology is River Terrace deposits and Branksome Sand. The maximum height is 50.87m above OD in the North.