Monument record MDO20949 - MOUNT PLEASANT: Iron Age roundhouse

An Iron Age roundhouse is visible as a soilmark in aerial photographs taken of Mount Pleasant henge monument during excavation of the site by Geoffrey Wainwright (1970-71)

An Iron Age roundhouse is visible as a soilmark in aerial photographs taken of Mount Pleasant henge monument (MDO2890) during excavation of the site by Geoffrey Wainwright (1970-71) {1}. Excavation of the circular post-hole structure and surrounding ditch (site IV) located within the south-west interior of the henge uncovered a roundhouse, 11m in diameter, partly overlying the eastern side of site IV. Associated finds included sherds of hard burnished ware suggesting an Iron Age origin for this feature {2}.

<1> Barber, M, 2005, Mount Pleasant 2005 plot (Cartographic materials). SDO10978.

<1> Barber, M, 2008, Mount Pleasant Draft Archive Report 2008 (Unpublished document). SDO10981.

<2> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1971, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1970, 126 (Serial). SDO70.

<2> Wainwright, G J, 1979, Mount Pleasant. Dorset: Excavations 1970-1971 (Monograph). SDO10986.

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