SDO14921 - Archaeological Evaluation. Land south of Leigh Road, Wimborne Minster, Dorset DRAFT

‘An archaeological evaluation was undertaken by Cotswold Archaeology for CgMs in September 2015 at Land South of Leigh Road, Wimborne Minster, Dorset. Fifty-one trenches were excavated. Three main phases of activity were identified. A late Bronze Age/early Iron Age pit, a late Iron Age/ Roman Britain agricultural settlement, with possible corn-dryer/pottery kiln, and field system; enclosure ditches broadly dated to the 3rd Century AD were all identified. No evidence of the Roman road, the alignment of which was estimated to pass through the southern portion of the site has been identified, and it must be assumed that it has either been partially or wholly truncated by farming activity.’