SDO16418 - North Poole, Canford Park, Bearwood, Dorset. Archaeological Evaluation

An evaluation of an area of approximately 31ha, and comprising the excavation of 33 trenches in arable fields. Archaeological features were recorded across the site, with a concentration of ditches and a pit in the north-eastern part of the site, and coinciding with anomalies recorded by geophysical survey. Late Iron Age/Roman material was recovered from the ditches, and this was interpreted as part of a Late Iron Age enclosed settlement. A further pit and five ditches were undated, but on the same broad alignment as the Late Iron Age/Roman ditches and historic field boundaries.