Site Data from an Archaeological Evaluation at Blandford Hill, Winterborne Whitechurch, Dorset 2021

This collection comprises site data (images and GIS) from an archaeological evaluation of land at Blandford Hill, Winterborne Whitechurch, Dorset, in September 2021, carried out by Cotswold Archaeology. A total of 45 trenches were excavated.The artefactual assemblage and dateable features suggest a late prehistoric presence within the site, characterised by a likely Early Bronze Age phase of funerary activity, possibly overlain by a phase of Middle Bronze Age-Iron Age agricultural activity. A separate phase of funerary activity, within close proximity to the remains of a round barrow, is characterised by four proven inhumations, with a further eight possibly uncovered. The limited circumstantial evidence suggests an early medieval date for these. Further burials may feasibly be present.

本数据集收录了2021年9月由科茨沃尔德考古（Cotswold Archaeology）对英国多塞特郡温特伯恩怀特彻奇布兰福德山地块开展考古评估所获的遗址数据，包含影像资料与地理信息系统（GIS）数据。本次考古评估共开挖探沟45座。出土器物组合与可断代遗迹表明，该遗址存在史前晚期遗存，其典型特征为大概率属于青铜时代早期的丧葬活动，该遗存之上可能叠压有青铜时代中期至铁器时代的农业活动遗存。一处独立的丧葬活动遗存紧邻圆形冢遗迹，以4座经确认的土葬墓为典型特征，另有8座墓葬或已被发掘。有限的间接证据表明，这批墓葬的年代为中世纪早期。遗址内或仍存在未被发现的其他墓葬。