Monument record MWX2928 - Manor Farm, Portesham

Four shallow pits thought to represent ad hoc clay extraction. A limestone wall of medieval date also observed. A single post hole observed. A substantial E-W aligned ditch Saxo-Norman, later re-cut.

Four shallow pits thought to represent ad hoc clay extraction. A limestone wall of Medieval date also observed. A single post hole observed.
The is some suggestion within the documentary evidence presented with the report that Portesham may have been a Minster.
An East-West aligned ditch contained Saxo-Norman pottery.
Soakaway trench. In its original format was moderately sloping with a rounded base. A later, central recut contained 13th century pottery.(1;2)

Valentin, J, 2001, Archaeological Investigations at Manor Farm, Portesham, Dorset (NGR SY60258596). Assessment Report on the Results of the Excavations with Proposals for Further Analysis, Publication and Deposition of Archive (Unpublished document). SDO115.

Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 2001, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 2000, 163 (Serial). SDO11605.

<1> Valentin, J, 2003, Manor Farm, Portesham, Dorset. Excavations on a Multi-Period Religious and Settlement Site. (Unpublished document). SWX8472.

<3> AC Archaeology, 2003, Manor Farm, Portesham, Dorset. Excavations on a Multi-period Religious and settlement site. REVISED VERSION June 2003 (Unpublished document). SWX8478.

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