Monument record MDO23292 - Medieval pit, King Street, Wimborne

One of several pit-like features recorded adjacent to the King Street frontage. The filling of this pit contained a small quantity of medieval pottery; finds from the other features were mixed or post-medieval.

Several pit-like features, including a deep, brick-lined soakaway, were recorded adjacent to the King Street frontage, despite archaeological deposits in this area having been severely truncated. No evidence for wall footings was observed. The excavators felt that extensive landscaping was likely to have occurred in the late nineteenth century, as houses are shown on this frontage on an 1887 map.

The filling of one pit contained a small number of exclusively medieval finds, the rest were mixed or post-medieval. The medieval pit contained pottery of thirteenth- or fourteenth-century date, and domestic in nature. The unpublished client report on this evaluation does not contain sufficient detail for the position of this feature to be determined with precision.

<1> Cox P, 1994, Archaeological Evaluation of Land Between West Street and King Street, Wimborne, Dorset (Unpublished document). SDO11581.

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Jan 13 2010 9:46AM