SDO16257 - Thorncombe Farm, Fore Street, Thorncombe, Dorset. Archaeological Monitoring and Recording

‘Context One Heritage & Archaeology carried out archaeological monitoring and recording during limited groundworks at Thorncombe Farm, Fore Street, Thorncombe, Dorset as a condition of granting listed building consent for the refurbishment of the property. The property is thought to date to the 16th/17th century and is a vestige of Thorncombe Farm that may have originated at this time. Historic maps indicate that the farm was split up in the late 19th or early 20th century. The monitoring work was specifically related to the removal and lowering of a floor for a proposed kitchen although this was not carried through. Instead, monitoring was carried out on the removal of flooring elsewhere in the building. However, this merely revealed modern surfaces above a homogenous natural clay deposit that was probably used to level the ground prior to the construction of the building in the 16th/17th century. No artefacts were recovered.’