SDO16356 - St Mary and St Bartholomew Church, Cranborne, Dorset. Archaeological Watching Brief

‘Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by Paul Stevens Architecture Limited, on behalf of St Mary and St Bartholomew Church Parochial Parish Council, to undertake an archaeological watching brief during the installation of a new drainage pipe at St Mary and St Bartholomew Church, Cranborne, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 5PY (NGR 405453 113247). The watching brief was carried out on the 18 and 19 September 2018. The ground-works comprised of the monitoring the excavation of a drainage trench which ran from the western end of the church through the graveyard to Swan Street, located to the north of the Site. The watching brief identified a total of two possible in-situ inhumation burials located under the church path. A small amount of disarticulated human bone was uncovered which was re-interred with due discretion and reverence.’