Picket Farm, South Perrott, Dorset

Wessex Archaeology

Picket Farm, Picket Lane, South Perrot, Dorset.

Report on an Archaeological Fieldwalking Exercise and Evaluation, and an Assessment of the resultsRef: 55757.01February 2005

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PICKET FARM, PICKET LANE, SOUTH PERROTT,DORSET.

REPORT ON ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELDWALKING ANDEVALUATION ANDAN ASSESSMENT OF THE RESULTS

Document Ref. 55757May 2005

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PICKET FARM, PICKET LANE, SOUTH PERROTT,DORSET.

REPORT ON ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELDWALKING ANDEVALUATION ANDAN ASSESSMENT OF THE RESULTS

Contents1 INTRODUCTION...............................................................................................11.1 Project Background...................................................................................11.2 Geology and Topography..........................................................................11.3 Historical background...............................................................................22 METHODS...........................................................................................................22.1 Introduction................................................................................................22.2 Aims and objectives ...................................................................................3

Fieldwalking and metal detector survey......................................................3Geophysics Survey (by GSB Prospection Limited)......................................3 Excavation....................................................................................................4

2.3 Fieldwalking methods................................................................................42.4 Fieldwork methods.....................................................................................53 RESULTS.............................................................................................................63.1 Introduction................................................................................................63.2 Fieldwalking and metal detector survey..................................................6

Prehistoric and Roman pottery (Figure 3)..................................................6 Medieval pottery (Figure 3).........................................................................6 Post-medieval pottery (Figure 4).................................................................7 Burnt and worked flint distribution (Figure 4)............................................7 Copper alloy and Iron objects (Figure 5)....................................................7 Ceramic building material (Figure 5).........................................................7 Other finds....................................................................................................8

3.3 Geophysical survey (by GSB Prospection Limited)................................8

Gradiometer Data (Figure 6)......................................................................8 Resistance Data (Figure 7)..........................................................................9

3.4 Excavation...................................................................................................9

Trench 1 (Figures 8 and 9)..........................................................................9Trench 2 (Figure 10)..................................................................................11Trench 3.....................................................................................................12Trench 4 (Figures 8 and 9)........................................................................12

4 FINDS.................................................................................................................164.1 Introduction..............................................................................................164.2 Pottery.......................................................................................................16

Surface artefact collection.........................................................................17 Pottery from evaluation trenches...............................................................18

4.3 Ceramic Building Material .....................................................................194.4 Worked Flint ............................................................................................20

Raw Material..............................................................................................20