SDO15350 - Bridport Museum, 25 South Street, Bridport, Dorset. Archaeological Monitoring and Recording Report

'Context One Archaeological Services Ltd was instructed to carry out a programme of archaeological monitoring and recording at Bridport Museum during groundworks relating to the modernisation of the museum including the adaptation and extension of the building. The project was commissioned by O’brien Building Services. Bridport Museum is a 16th [century] Grade II* Listed building and lies within the Bridport Conservation Area. Despite the location of the museum within the historic core of Bridport, and the 16th century origins of the building, no archaeological features or deposits were observed relating to this early period. There was also no evidence of the 1876 fire and the subsequent restoration work. However, the limited nature of the groundworks does not preclude the possibility that archaeological remains survives beneath the building elsewhere although in the areas observed, the surfaces rested directly onto natural clay.'