Monument record MDO2775 - Iron Age ditch at Charles Mead/Church Mead, Toller Porcorum

<1> Edwards, R, Edwards, D, Gale, J and Yates, J, 1995, Church Mead, Toller Porcorum, Dorset: An Archaeological Assessment. (Unpublished document). SDO12582.

‘Excavations … At the extreme W end of Trench A (ie. Charles’s Mead) was a ‘V’-section ditch 0.3m deep running NE/SW. Associated Black Burnished Ware potsherds suggested a late Iron Age or Romano-British date.
… Excavations in the Post Office garden (once part of Church Mead and adjacent to the assessment site) have revealed a ditch which has been dated as Iron Age …. Pre-12th century, possibly late Iron Age or Romano-British features have been found within and close to the proposed development area. (Hunt 1990: 124; Gale 1991: 179). Occasional Romano-British potsherds have been recovered.’

<2> Cox, P W, and Robinson, S, 1996, An archaeological evaluation of the proposed village hall site at Church Mead, Toller Porcorum, Dorset (Unpublished document). SDO12580.

‘6.3 Possible late Iron Age/Romano-British activity. There has been a reasonable body of evidence accrued from the previous site investigations for later prehistoric and Romano-British activity in the area. Trench 2 was designed to further assess the potential for such remains adjacent to the BU 1991 excavation trench where late Iron Age or Romano-British pottery was found associated with a ditch and a post hole. The observed feature in Trench 2 could not be dated from associated artefacts, but to the north of this area, in Trench 1, significant evidence was found … It is highly likely that layer 103 in Trench 1 is a buried Romano-British occupation horizon dated to, or shortly after, the 2nd-3rd century AD. Such a deposit is difficult to interpret from such a small exposure, but it is tempting to suggest that further, contemporaneous deposits exist to the north of Trench 1, but probably outside the development area. It is not possible to relate this material to the undated linear feature recorded in the BU Trial Pit 6.’

Record last edited

May 10 2017 12:12PM