Monument record MDO19703 - South of Tinney's Lane, Sherborne; Romano-British linear [41]

Excavations by Wessex Archaeology at the south side of Tinney’s Lane during 1997 revealed evidence for a N-S aligned linear feature with a v-shaped profile at the north end of the site. A single sherd of Romano-British pottery was the only find from its fill.

Found during excavations conducted by Wessex Archaeology during January 1997 in advance of a housing development (Knotts Paddock) south of Tinney’s Lane, Sherborne. The results of the excavation have been published in PDNHAS, 121, 53-69 (1). Numbers in square brackets below refer to context numbers given in this report.

‘A sherd of Romano-British pottery was the only find from the single fill of linear [41] at the north end of the site. Oriented N-S, this shallow (0.25m deep) linear, 0.8m wide and with an obtuse, v-shaped profile, was cut at its south end by ditch [36]. Although the postulated dating is inconclusive, the stratigraphic evidence supports a pre-medieval date for this feature.’ (1)

<1> McKinley, J I, 1999, Excavations at Tinney’s Lane, Sherborne, Dorset; Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society (Article in serial). SDO10368.

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