EDO7186 - Land south of The Paddock Garden, Old Market Place, Sherborne; monitoring and recording 2019-2020

Monitoring and recording of pre-construction investigative works for the building of a new gallery and arts facility on a site approximately 2,650m2 south of Sherborne House, in an area of recorded medieval activity relating to the spread of the borough of Newland. No features were identified during monitoring. A few sherds of medieval pottery were recovered from modern made ground. These results appear to corroborate the results of an earlier evaluation which suggested extensive ground disturbance from the 18th century, and/or modern landscaping and terracing, resulting in deep soil accumulations.