SDO14662 - Excavation of a service trench adjacent to the Hall and Woodhouse Car Park, Bournemouth Road, Blandford St Mary, Dorset. Interim report on archaeological monitoring.

‘Archaeological monitoring and recording was undertaken in August 2015 during groundworks for the excavation of a service trench for the recycling and water purification plant at the Hall & Woodhouse Brewery site at Blandford St Mary, Dorset (NGR ST 886057). The archaeological investigation comprised the monitoring of a service trench within Zone A, located along the current access road adjacent to the H & W Car Park. Despite changes to the landscape, such as terracing and a substantial depth of made ground, a number of features of archaeological interest were recorded as a result of the monitoring works. These comprised a linear ditch feature, a pit, and a series of spreads of industrial debris, likely dating to the post-medieval period, with at least one linear ditch feature containing material datable to the Iron Age.’