Monument record MDO2011 - Prehistoric ditch at Southcombe, Piddletrenthide

<1> Chandler, J, and Richards, J, 1992, Archaeological evaluation at Southcombe, Piddletrenthide, Dorset (Unpublished document). SDO12393.

'Trench 4 ... Feature 24 was a ditch, a 5.25m length of which was recorded running diagonally across the trench. Where sectioned the ditch was c. 0.60m wide and 0.35m deep. The fills produced worked flint, burnt flint, animal bone and one sherd of undiagnostic pottery, possibly of prehistoric date (from context 25, fig 5B/C). Although no conclusive date can be proved for the ditch, the combination of artefacts suggests a later prehistoric (Later Bronze Age/Iron Age) date.'

<2> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1993, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1992, 238 (Serial). SDO92.

'An area adjacent to the church of All Saints, Piddletrenthide, was evaluated by means of a series of machine-excavated trenches. The excavation demonstrated a sequence of activity commencing with a ditch of later prehistoric date. Early medieval occupation of the site is attested both by features and by pottery of a similar date residual in trenches where post-medieval structures were recorded. Documentary evidence suggests that the site was occupied by houses, gardens and orchards during the 18th and 19th centuries.'

<3> Brading, R, and Higgins, P, 1994, Summary Report on the Archaeological Watching Brief at Land Adjoining Southcombe, Church Lane, Piddletrenthide, Dorset. August-November 1994 (Unpublished document). SDO14222.

No evidence of AC's prehistoric ditch was observed.

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