EDO6800 - Gunville Down, Stourpaine BGC Site BS/M89 observations and recording 1976

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Location

Grid reference ST 908 121 (point)
Map sheet ST91SW
Civil Parish Stourpaine; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Organisation

British Gas Corporation

Date

1976

Description

Observations and recording by British Gas archaeologists on gas pipeline from Wisbech in Cambridgeshire to Mappowder in Dorset. A ditch was recorded. No dating evidence was found but it was thought likely to be late prehistoric and probably part of an Iron Age/Romano-British field system recorded in the area.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Monograph: Catherall, P, Barnett, M, and McClean, H. 1984. The Southern Gas Feeder: the Archaeology of a Gas Pipeline. 194.
  • <2> Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1978. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1976. 98. 61.
  • <3>XY Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 654449. [Mapped feature: #8302 ]

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Jul 20 2020 7:02PM

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