This report describes the results of several stages of archaeological work resulting from plans to construct a new water treatment plant utilising the springhead of the River Jordan at Sutton Poyntz, a village at the foot of the chalk scarp near Weymouth, Dorset. Human activity in the area, since at least Mesolithic times, has focused on the river. Its post-medieval history revolved around its water mills. Evidence for an Early Iron Age settlement and Romano-British activity, including an infant burial were recorded, partly beneath a thick colluvial deposit. A rectangular, stone-founded building has been identified as a 13th-14th century chapel. probably belonging to the Poyntz family estate.

By A Crystal Brook: Early Riverside Settlement and a Medieval Chapel at Sutton Poyntz, Dorset

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Rawlings, Mick

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Wessex Archaeology

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By A Crystal Brook: Early Riverside Settlement and a Medieval Chapel at Sutton Poyntz, Dorset