Monument record MDO2405 - Child's Garage, Long Street, Sherborne; post-medieval quarrying

Evidence for post-medieval quarrying was revealed during a watching brief on groundworks for development at Child’s Garage, Long Street in 1996. This comprised a series of pits representing small scale stone quarrying associated with the construction of nearby properties in the post-medieval period.

Wessex Archaeology conducted an archaeological watching brief during groundworks for the re-development for 17 retirement properties at the former Child’s Garage, Long Street in 1996.

Features interpreted as quarry pits almost certainly represent small-scale quarrying associated with the construction of nearby properties in the post-medieval period. This activity destroyed much of the evidence for earlier occupation of the site. [1]

<1> Firth, A, 1996, Child’s Garage, Sherborne, Dorset. Archaeological watching brief (Unpublished document). SDO10377.

<2> Firth, A, 1996, Child’s Garage, Sherborne. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society (Article in serial). SDO10375.

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