SWX8643 - Proos Roofing Supplies, Rigler Road, Hamworthy, Poole: Archaeological Observations

An archaeological watching brief was carried out during works on the east side of Rigler Road, Hamworthy. Two large parallel ditches oriented NE/SW, were revealed. These are thought to belong to the defences of a Roman fort - part of a possible Roman military supply base on the peninsula, servicing the legionary fortress at Lake Farm near Wimborne. The ditches were filled in by the early 2nd century AD. The scarcity of finds suggests that this was not a densely occupied part of the peninsula during the Roman period. No evidence of the Civil War fort thought to lie in the Rigler Road area was discovered.