Monument record MDO6729 - Peat deposits, Weymouth Bay Holiday Park, Weymouth

An undated tufaceous peat deposit recorded during archaeological work in 1995. The full extent and depth of the deposit could not be ascertained, though the excavators felt that it appeared to be localised, probably restricted to a small oxbow remnant channel of the River Jordan.

Coarse, un-reworked organic peats with tufaceous inclusions. Upper level at c. 8.7m OD. Neither the full extent or depth ascertained. Appear to be localised, probably restricted to a small oxbow remnant channel of the River Jordan. Undated. Also two broad linear features containing small quantities of animal bone, worked flint and ceramic building material, the features are uncertain function and date, but as they lay under at least 0.5m of topsoil and subsoil they are likely to be archaeological in origin. (1)

<1> Heaton, M and Barker, D, 1995, Weymouth Bay Holiday Park, Preston Road, Weymouth, Dorset, Archaeological Evaluation (Unpublished document). SWX8639.

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