Monument record MDO7372 - Ring ditch at Hawk Post, East Creech, Church Knowle

A length of curving ditch was recorded in 1994 during archaeological work in advance of an extension to the quarry. The filling of the ditch contained fragments of pottery of Bronze Age date. This feature was interpreted as a ring ditch, the probable remains of a round barrow.

<1> Cox, P W and Cotton, J, 1995, Archaeological Evaluation of an area of Proposed Ball Clay Extraction at Hawk Post, East Creech, Dorset. January 1995 (Unpublished document). SWX8495.

‘In the northern 10 m of the trench, a well defined, curving ditch segment was recorded, typically 0.80 m. wide and 0.30 m deep. This ditch, (41), is elsewhere referred to as the “ring ditch”, as measurements suggest the full extent would be circular. Feature 40 is a similarly profiled ditch, projecting from the inner SW arc of 41. Both 40 and 41 2343 filled by a very dark brown humose silty sand. On the basis of pottery found in the fill (see FINDS, section 5), the ditches are thought to be Bronze Age in date.’

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Jul 31 2017 4:42PM