SWX8655 - Former Pilkington Tiles Factory Site, Shapwick Road, Hamworthy, Poole. Archaeological Desk-based Assessment

The archaeological desk-based assessment revealed no archaeological sites and findspots on the site of the former Pilkington Tiles Works in Shapwick Road, Hamworthy, Poole. No Scheduled Ancient Monuments or Listed Buildings impinged on the site. The site lay to the south of an important Iron Age port, a possible Roman conquest period supply base and a Roman site with evidence for salt-working and other industrial activity. These sites may continue into the area of the Site. There is little evidence for medieval activity but a series of pits and ditches have been found in the area adjacent to the northwestern side of the Site. In the post-medieval period, the site was farmland until it was developed for industrial uses in the 19th century. The northwestern part of the site was never developed. The proposed development of the site may not substantially disturb any surviving archaeological remains except along the northern side and the southwestern corner. These are the areas where archaeological remains are most likely to survive.