Monument record MDO28167 - Late Iron Age pits, 19 Blandford Road, Hamworthy, Poole

Evaluation excavation at the former James Brothers site revealed two clay lined pits containing briquetage and Late Iron Age pottery. These features may be associated with salt working.

Two Late Iron Age clay-lined pits were recorded during evaluations by Terrain Archaeology and excavations by Wessex Archaeology on the former James Brothers site, Blandford Road, Hamworthy between 2006-9.

They were found at the western end of Trench 2 cut into the natural. One was a shallow, oval scoop 0.73 m long by 0.56 m wide and 0.1 m deep, filled with a dark yellowish-brown sandy loam and contained a number of large lumps of burnt clay, some of which may have been in situ, indicating a possible lining to the feature. It contained a significant quantity of Late Iron Age pottery and briquetage. The other pit was only partially within the trench and had steep sides and a flat bottom. The sides were lined with a 90 mm thick clay lining and it was filled with dark yellowish-brown sandy loam containing relatively large quantities of briquetage and Late Iron Age pottery.

Tatler, S and Bellamy, P S, 2006, James Brothers Site, 19 Blandford Road, Hamworthy, Poole. Archaeological Evaluation, July 2006 (Unpublished document). SDO12496.

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Mar 7 2012 11:13AM