Monument record MWX2806 - Bestwall Quarry Archaeological Project, Early Medieval to Post-Medieval activity
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Type and Period (1)
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Phase 1, 1992. Field A: two amorphous spreads of C18th material revealed during watching brief and finds of the C16th onwards unearthed during metal detector survey
Phase 1 and 2, 1993: Field A: few pieces of Medieval or earlier pottery. Range of local and imported post-medieval wares, predominantly Verwood ware and in general dated to the mid-17th century. Phase 2, Field B: medieval pottery and post medieval pottery, a Saxon mount, a medieval cut penny, finger ring, horse furniture, feet from cooking pots, beehive thimble and a Spanish coin (1)
Phase 3, 1994. Fields B and D: Five fragments of Saxon pottery recovered. Pottery and metalwork of mid-late medieval period confirms utilisation of the land at this time. Much of the metalwork would have been stray losses but the pottery probably came onto the land via manuring. Metalwork included coins, brooches, buckles, seals, book clasps and feet from cooking pots (2)
Phase 4, 1995. Field C: Medieval pottery and metal finds scarce although a coin, three buckles and two pieces of horse furniture were recovered. Small quantities of Post-Medieval ceramics, glass and clay pipes. Majority of metalwork post-medieval (not listed in text). Attributed to manuring or stray losses. (3)
Phase 5, 1996. Fields E and P: four sherds of medieval pottery and no metal finds. Thin spread of post-medieval finds including an almost complete late 17th century wine bottle, two silver coins of Charles 1, a penny of 1626-7 and a shilling of 1641 (4)
Phase 6, 1997. Field P (top soil reinstated from Field B and F): No medieval features but metal detector finds included a 15th/16th century buckle. Post medieval finds included pottery, glass, clay pipe, a George II penny, three 17th century trader's tokens and a 16th/17th century decorated copper alloy button, a silver groat of Elizabeth I and a 16th century German Jetton (5)
Phase 7, 1998. Field G: two silver coins of Charles I (6)
Phase 8, 1999. Field H. Small amount of medieval pottery from collection areas. Field R: Smaller amounts from this field and all in the vicinity of Swineham Farm, pot types paralleled by vessels found in the early medieval levels of Wareham and Corfe Castles. Finds found during metal detection dating from the 16th to the 20th century (not listed) (7)
Phase 10, 2001. Field J: Metal detector survey yielded a variety of later post-medieval finds and a copper alloy strap end dating to the 9th century. One sherd of Medieval pottery was retrieved during surface collection (8)
Phase 11, 2002. Field T: fresh, unabraded sherds from a thick-walled cooking pot scattered over a 2m area, dated to the 11th or 12th century. Two small fragments of pottery were also retrieved from ditch fills. Residual pottery of post-medieval date also recovered. Metal detector survey revealed two buttons, a piece of rolled lead and one 18th century penny. Field N: some large sherds of post medieval pottery including a piece into which two pieces of lead had been embedded. Metal detector survey identified a significant number of artefacts including a broken chape dated to the 15th/16th century and a silver groat of Charles the 1st. The majority, however, dated from the 18th to the 20th centuries (9)
Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 2000, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1999, 153 (Serial). SDO11604.
Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 2001, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 2000, 160 (Serial). SDO11605.
<1> Ladle L, 1993, Bestwall Quarry Archaeology Project, Phase 2 - 1993 (Unpublished document). SWX8520.
<2> Ladle L, 1994, Bestwall Quarry Archaeology Project, Phase 3 - 1994 (Unpublished document). SWX8521.
<3> Ladle, L, 1995, Bestwall Quarry Archaeological Project, Phase 4 - 1995 (Unpublished document). SWX8524.
<4> Ladle, L, 1996, Bestwall Quarry Archaeological Project, Phase 5 - 1996 (Unpublished document). SWX8525.
<5> Ladle L, 1997, Bestwall Quarry Archaeological Project, Phase 6 - 1997 (Unpublished document). SWX8526.
<6> Ladle L, 1998, Bestwall Quarry Archaeological Project, Phase 7 - 1998 (Unpublished document). SWX8528.
<7> Ladle, L, 2000, Bestwall Quarry Archaeological Project, Phase 8 - 1999 (Unpublished document). SWX8530.
<8> Ladle, L, 2001, Bestwall Quarry Archaeological Project, Phase 10 - 2001 (Unpublished document). SWX8531.
<9> Ladle, L, 2003, Bestwall Quarry Archaeological Project, Phase 11 - 2002 (Unpublished document). SWX8532.
<9> Ladle, L, 2003, Bestwall Quarry Archaeological Project, Phase 12 - 2003 (Unpublished document). SDO13970.
Sources/Archives (12)
- --- SDO11604 Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 2000. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1999. 121. 153.
- --- SDO11605 Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 2001. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 2000. 122. 160.
- <1> SWX8520 Unpublished document: Ladle L. 1993. Bestwall Quarry Archaeology Project, Phase 2 - 1993.
- <2> SWX8521 Unpublished document: Ladle L. 1994. Bestwall Quarry Archaeology Project, Phase 3 - 1994.
- <3> SWX8524 Unpublished document: Ladle, L. 1995. Bestwall Quarry Archaeological Project, Phase 4 - 1995.
- <4> SWX8525 Unpublished document: Ladle, L. 1996. Bestwall Quarry Archaeological Project, Phase 5 - 1996.
- <5> SWX8526 Unpublished document: Ladle L. 1997. Bestwall Quarry Archaeological Project, Phase 6 - 1997.
- <6> SWX8528 Unpublished document: Ladle L. 1998. Bestwall Quarry Archaeological Project, Phase 7 - 1998.
- <7> SWX8530 Unpublished document: Ladle, L. 2000. Bestwall Quarry Archaeological Project, Phase 8 - 1999.
- <8> SWX8531 Unpublished document: Ladle, L. 2001. Bestwall Quarry Archaeological Project, Phase 10 - 2001.
- <9> SDO13970 Unpublished document: Ladle, L. 2003. Bestwall Quarry Archaeological Project, Phase 12 - 2003.
- <9> SWX8532 Unpublished document: Ladle, L. 2003. Bestwall Quarry Archaeological Project, Phase 11 - 2002.
Finds (17)
- FINGER RING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- THIMBLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- COIN (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
- SEAL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BOOK FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- COOKING VESSEL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- VESSEL (Saxon to Post Medieval - 410 AD to 1900 AD)
- VESSEL (Unknown to Victorian)
- CLAY PIPE (SMOKING) (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- HARNESS FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- ANIMAL REMAINS (Undated)
- BROOCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- TOKEN (Elizabethan to Stuart - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
- BUTTON (Tudor to Stuart - 1500 AD to 1700 AD)
- STRAP END (Saxon - 800 AD to 900 AD)
- SCABBARD (Medieval to Elizabethan - 1400 AD to 1600 AD)
Related Monuments/Buildings (4)
- Parent of: Bestwall Quarry Archaeological Project, Field J, Medieval ditch and pits (Monument) (MWX3665)
- Parent of: Bestwall Quarry Archaeological Project, Field T, Post-Roman pits (Monument) (MWX3674)
- Parent of: Bestwall Quarry Archaeological Project, Fields B and D, Civil War finds (Find Spot) (MWX3368)
- Parent of: Bestwall Quarry Archaeological Project, Post-Medieval linears/field boundaries and rubble dumps (Monument) (MWX3370)
Related Events/Activities (12)
- Event - Intervention: Bestwall Quarry Archaeological Project, Phase 1; observations and recording 1992 (EWX1433)
- Event - Intervention: Bestwall Quarry Archaeological Project, Phase 10; excavation 2001 (EWX2242)
- Event - Intervention: Bestwall Quarry Archaeological Project, Phase 11; excavation 2001 (EWX2243)
- Event - Intervention: Bestwall Quarry Archaeological Project, Phase 2; observations and recording 1993 (EWX1507)
- Event - Intervention: Bestwall Quarry Archaeological Project, Phase 3; evaluation 1994 (EWX1786)
- Event - Intervention: Bestwall Quarry Archaeological Project, Phase 5; excavation 1996 (EWX2236)
- Event - Intervention: Bestwall Quarry Archaeological Project, Phase 6; survey and excavation 1997 (EWX2238)
- Event - Intervention: Bestwall Quarry Archaeological Project, Phase 7; excavation 1998 (EWX2239)
- Event - Intervention: Bestwall Quarry Archaeological Project, Phase 8; excavation 1999 (EWX2240)
- Event - Intervention: Bestwall Quarry Archaeological Project, Phases 8-10; excavation 1999-2001 (EWX1962)
- Event - Intervention: Bestwall Quarry Archaeological Project; excavation (Phase 12) 2003 (EDO7360)
- Event - Intervention: Bestwall Quarry Archaeological Project. Phase 4; survey and excavation 1995 (EWX2235)
Location
Grid reference | SY 93500 88000 (point) Centred on |
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Map sheet | SY98NW |
Civil Parish | Wareham Town; Dorset |
Unitary Authority | Dorset |
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 6 024 052
Record last edited
Nov 10 2022 4:30PM