SDO9671 - Observations along the Wessex Water Authority supply pipe: Alington Avenue and Mount Pleasant
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| Type | Article in serial |
|---|---|
| Title | Observations along the Wessex Water Authority supply pipe: Alington Avenue and Mount Pleasant |
| Author/Originator | Woodward, P J |
| Date/Year | 1986 |
| Dorset Natural History and Archaeology Society | 108, 177-80 |
Abstract/Summary
A short report on a watching brief undertaken during the digging of a pipeline along the south side of Alington Avenue and immediately south of Mount Pleasant. Little significant archaeology found along side of Alington Avenue. A few small postholes and some rectangular features were found in the area adjacent to Mount Pleasant. Some Late Bronze Age-Early Iron Age pottery, Roman pottery (mainly Black-burnished ware and one samian sherd) and worked flint were recovered from the surface.
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Description
Note in 'Dorset Archaeology in 1986', Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, vol. 108, pp. 177-80. Contains site location plan.
Location
Referenced Monuments (9)
- MDO2917 Black Burnished ware, West Stafford (Find Spot)
- MDO2906 Ditch, West Stafford (Monument)
- MDO2909 Linear feature, West Stafford (Monument)
- MDO2913 Lithic scatter near Mount Pleasant, West Stafford (Find Spot)
- MDO2890 Mount Pleasant, West Stafford (Monument)
- MDO20910 Mount Pleasant: bowl barrow (Monument)
- MDO2907 Post holes, West Stafford (Monument)
- MDO2908 Rectangular feature, West Stafford (Monument)
- MDO2910 Rectangular features, West Stafford (Monument)
Referenced Events (1)
- EDO4264 Alington Avenue and Mount Pleasant Water Pipeline; watching brief 1985
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