SDO20196 - Pole Replacement within Bindon Hill Camp Dorset. Archaeological Watching Brief

'Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) (‘the client’) to undertake an archaeological watching brief during the replacement of a transformer pole lying within the bounds of the scheduled monument Bindon Hill Camp (NHLE 1002705). This work forms the last part of archaeological monitoring associated with Winfrith Heath (WINH) E2L5 11kv Circuit Network Improvement Scheme. The works near west Lulworth, on Bindon Hill (location 4) comprised the replacement of a transformer pole that consisted of two wooden poles braced to form a H-shape. New poles were erected, and the old poles were cut down leaving the bases in the ground. A total of four trenches were monitored, no archaeological features, deposits or artefacts were encountered. Within three of the trenches (trenches 5, 6 and 7) there was evidence that the ground had been previously disturbed during the erection of the original poles and laying of the associated electric cables. Within the northeastern portion of trench 8 an area of shrub/ tree rooting was observed.'