SWX8654 - Land at the Rear of Angel Inn, 28 Market Street, Poole, Dorset. Archaeological Assessment

The land to the rear of the Angel Inn, 28 Market Street, Poole (NGR SZ00959057) is proposed for residential redevelopment. At present the site is the car park and skittle alley to the public house. Geotechnical investigation has shown that the site is covered by a thick layer of garden soil. There are no archaeological sites or findspots recorded from the site. It lies within the medieval town of Poole, but appears to be on the margins of the main medieval activity in the town. It is likely to have been gardens behind the medieval street frontage. In the post-medieval period, the area continued to be used as fields or gardens until about the late 18th century, when a series of outhouses, presumably associated with the inn, are constructed. This pattern of use continued until the present day. There is a fairly high potential for the survival of medieval features, protected beneath the thick layer of garden soil covering the site. However, the density of medieval is likely to be relatively sparse.