SDO15959 - Chard Junction Quarry Extension (Carters Close), Thorncombe, Dorset. An archaeological desk-based assessment

‘The site lies in an area of moderate archaeological potential with recent fieldwork in the study area having located a number of sites of Bronze Age, Roman and medieval date and finds of lower Palaeolithic date. No finds or deposits are recorded for the site itself. A Scheduled Monument with listed building components is located at some distance from the proposal site. It is anticipated that further information about the post-glacial archaeological potential of the site will be required to accompany a planning application in order to draw up an appropriate mitigation strategy, if required, once a consent is gained. It is considered that the possible presence of finds and deposits of Palaeolithic date within or beneath gravel deposits is best mitigated by monitoring during the extraction process and such a monitoring exercise could be secured by an appropriately worded condition to any consent gained.’