EDO3786 - Red Cow Farm, Dorchester; evaluation 2004

An archaeological field evaluation of a parcel of land at Red Cow Farm, St George’s Road, Dorchester, was carried out by AC archaeology during June 2004. The evaluation comprised the machine-excavation of twelve trenches. A small number of archaeological features was identified in the southern half of the site in Trenches 2, 11 and 12. These comprised four intercutting ditches in Trench 2, probably field boundary ditches of late prehistoric or medieval date, two probably medieval field boundary ditches in Trench 11 and an undated posthole in Trench 12. A small quantity of animal bone and worked flint of probable later prehistoric in date was recovered from two of the ditches in Trench 2, while finds from Trench 11 include medieval and post-medieval pottery. An extensive area of early 20th century infilling, which includes a bottle dump covered the majority of the northern area of the site.