SDO9853 - Middle Farm, Dorchester. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society

The first stage, surface collection of artefacts, of an archaeological assessment before development at Middle Farm, Bridport Road, Dorchester, was carried out by Wessex Archaeology in November 1989. The development site covers 12 ha. immediately west of the town. All artefacts were collected on a 25m grid basis. A large number of worked flint and chert flakes and tools of late Neolithic to later Bronze Age date were recovered, in addition to a quantity of Roman pottery, post-medieval pottery, bone and metalwork of varying dates. Preliminary work suggested that there were a number of concentrations of material which would benefit from further excavation.