Monument record MDO6943 - Possible Late Bronze Age pit, Bearwood Primary School, Wheelers Lane, Poole

A possible Late Bronze Age pit, dated by a single Late Bronze Age sherd, was found within a multi-period ditched field system during a watching brief at Bearwood Primary School by Wessex Archaeology in 1994.

A single possible pit of possibly Late Bronze Age date was recorded during a watching brief carried out by Wessex Archaeology in 1994. This pit was linear, being about 4 m long and 0.72 m wide, aligned NE-SW. It had steep sides and flat base 0.26 m deep. It was filled with a lower greyish brown loam and capped with a thin layer of mottled clay. A single flint-gritted sherd of probably Late Bronze Age date was found in the lower fill with two flint flakes in the upper fill and burnt flint throughout the feature. This feature lay within a multi-period ditched field system dating from the Late Bronze Age to the medieval period. (1) (2)

<1> Butterworth, C and Montague, R, 1995, Bearwood Junior School, Poole, Dorset. Archaeological Watching Brief February 1995, 5 (Unpublished document). SWX8331.

Feature 716, a possible pit, was c. 4 m long, 0.72 m wide and 0.26 m deep; the longer axis was aligned from north-east - south-west. The feature, deep, steep-sided and with a flat base, was predominantly filled with greyish brown loam (715) but this was capped by a layer of mottled cream/grey/pink clay 0.06 m deept (714). Both deposits were charcoal-flected and contained burnt flint. A single sherd of prehistoric pottery was found in the primary fill and two flint flakes were recovered from the clay.

<2> Butterworth, C and Montague, R, 1995, Bearwood Junior School, Poole, Dorset. Archaeological Watching Brief February 1995, 7 (Unpublished document). SWX8331.

Only one featre is of probable prehistoric date: pit 716, from which came a single sherd of possible later Bronze Age pottery, two flint flakes and fragments of burnt flint.

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Dec 21 2012 11:52AM