EDO115 - Sutton Poyntz Water Treatment Works, Sutton Poyntz, Weymouth; evaluation 1993

Trenches approximating a 3% sample of the proposed development site. The site has first been identified from a watching brief on the Chalbury-Osmington water main. Archaeological evaluation recovered structural evidence for well-preserved mid-late Iron Age settlement with enclosures and structures. Two sherds of Neolithic pottery suggest earlier occupation at site. Romano-British, medieval and post-medieval pottery also recognised. Other finds include iron nail, fired clay, worked flint, stone and bone also recovered. Concludes that approximately 50% of the area has potential for well-preserved archaeological sequence. Also large area of infilling probably filled in bed of early meander of River Jordan and containing Iron Age and Roman pottery sherds