SWX8666 - Archaeological Evaluation Report, Glebe Allotments, Church Knapp, Wyke Road, Wyke Regis, Weymouth, Dorset

An archaeological evluation was undertaken by AOC Archaeology on behalf of Trencherwood Homes Ltd. Prior to the proposed development of the former allotments at Church Knapp, Weymouth. This development will involve the construction of 39 domestic dwellings with associated access road. Initially nine trenches, 25 metres in length were excavated. Trench 2 was subsequently extended by a total of 23 metres and two additional trenches of 20 metres were excavated. Six features were recorded as predating allotment usage of the site. All were located in the north-south arm of the site and with exception of a collapsed oven in the far south-east, all were dated as being Romano-British. Excavations in trench 2 exposed an expansive area of stones packed into a hollow, cut into the natural clay. It was thought likely that this represented a ceremonial area possibly related the the burials previously recorded in the area. No inhumation burials were exposed during this evaluation.