SDO16311 - Land at Chickerell, Dorset. Archaeological Watching Brief Report

An archaeological watching brief was carried out during excavation and enlargement of two ponds located east and west of a previously identified area of archaeological potential. This comprised a group of field system enclosure ditches and gullies dated to the latter part of the Romano-British period (post 220-250AD. The watching brief revealed a further enclosure within the field system and three pits, two of which may have been natural. There was evidence of some phasing within the field system in the form of recutting the enclosure and a date from the early part of the Romano-British period (1st to 2nd century AD).