Contents of volume 117

for 1995, published 1996

The agricultural depression in Dorset c. 1870-1900 and the Duchy of Cornwall, Janet Waymark, 1

The `Enclosure' of Fordington Fields and the development of Dorchester, 1874-1903, Judy Morris and Jo Draper, 5

Pinford Bridge in Sherborne Park, Ann Smith, 15

The topography of Dorchester in the fifteenth century, Jo Draper with ME King, 21

Archaeology and historical landscape in Wessex from the air, FM Radcliffe, 51

An Iron Age and Romano-British settlement on Oakley Down, Wimborne St Giles, Dorset, L Brown, M Corney and PJ Woodward, 67

The excavation of 12th-13th century deposits at Howard's Lane, Wareham, PA Harding, Lorraine Mepham and Roland JC Smith, 81

More Dorset limekilns, Peter Stanier, 91

The building stones of Dorset - part 4: the northern parishes which use Forest Marble and Cornbrash limestones, Jo Thomas, 61

The Inferior Oolite at East Hill Quarry, Bradford Abbas, Dorset, Robert Chandler and David TC Sole, 101

Dorset Dolines: part 3, Eocene pockets and gravel pipes in the Chalk of St Oswald's Bay, Michael R House, 109

The environmental quality of a small urban watercourse, the Bourne Stream (Dorset), assessed with macroinvertebrate data, Patrick D Armitage, John H Blackburn and Kay L Symes, 117

Dorset Archaeology in 1995

Assessments and evaluations

A31 and A35 trunk road improvements, Cliff Bateman, Mike Ings and Graeme Walker, 123

88 West Street, Bere Regis, Peter W Cox, 123

Pinhorn Nurseries, Alderholt, Pete Higgins, 123

Blandford army camp, field A, John Valentin, 123

Blandford army camp, field B, John Valentin, 123

`The Ramblers', Bradford Peverell, Dorchester, Wessex Archaeology, 123

Former fire station, Bridport, Phil Andrews, 123

Broadmayne Church, Broadmayne, Phil Harding, 123-4

Clockhouse Copse, Burton, Jacqueline I McKinley, 124

Dairy Farm, Charlton Marshall, Vaughan Birbeck, 124

Bridge Street Island, Christchurch, Brian Whitehead and Pete Higgins, 124

43/45 High Street, Christchurch, John Hawkes, 124

84-90 East Street, Corfe Castle, Julian Cotton, 124

Extension to the Leisure Centre, Coburg Road, Dorchester, Michael Heaton, 124

The Trumpet Major, Dorchester, Tanya Cottrell, 124

Dorey's Farm. East Holme, Peter W Cox, 124

Petersham Farm, Holt, Alan Hawkins, 125

The Merley Youth Club site, Chichester Walk, Merley, Julian Cotton, 125

The new Tatnam Farm Middle School, Poole, Rob Scaife, 125

Upton Country Park, Creekmoor, Poole, Lennard M Anderson, 125

42/44 West Street, Poole, David R Watkins, 125

St Aldhelm's Head, Purbeck, N Bradford and A Graham, 125

The former Foster's School site, Tinney's Lane, Sherborne, John Valentin, 125-6

Barrow Lea, Stalbridge, Christine Butterworth, 126

Plot 1, Church Lane, Sutton Waldron, Julian Cotton, 126

Vearse Farm, Symondsbury, near Bridport, Christopher K Currie, 126

St Mary's Church, Tarrant Crawford, Julian Cotton, 126

Dewlands Way, Verwood, Pete Higgins, 126

76 Ringwood Road, Verwood, John Valentin, 126

5 South Street, Wareham, Andrew Hutchinson, 126

The Quayside, Commercial Road, Weymouth, John Valentin, 127

Spring Cottage, Marlow Road, Weymouth, John Valentin, 127

Proposed site of new Parish Room, Whitchurch Canonicorum, John Hawkes, 127

Wimborne Minster, Pete Higgins, 127

Ferrybridge, Portland Road, Wyke Regis, Weymouth, Jon Brett, 127

Assessments and evaluations with negative results, 127

Excavations

Middlebere Farm, Arne, Martin Papworth, 128

Excavations at Corfe Castle 1995, David Thackray and Martin Papworth, 128

Excavations and fieldwork on the Dorchester Roman aqueduct, Bill Putnam and Ian Hewitt, 128-131

Survey and excavation at Knowlton Rings, Woodland Parish, Dorset 1993-5, Steve Burrow and John Gale, 131-2

Fieldwork and excavations at Portesham, AP Fitzpatrick and Peter J Woodward, 133

Excavation of Romano-British settlement at Shapwick, Martin Papworth, 133-5

White Mill, Shapwick, Nancy Grace, 135

Quarleston Farm, Winterborne Stickland, Luke Fagan, 135-6

Watching briefs

Woodbury Hill, Bere Regis, Steve Wallis, 136

Bestwall quarry gravels project 1994-5, Lilian Ladle, 136

The Warren, Chaldon Herring, Steve Wallis, 136

Quay Cottage, 6 Quay Road, Christchurch, Julian Cotton, 136

84-90 East Street, Corfe Castle, Julian Cotton, 136

Corfe Mullen, Jacqueline I McKinley, 136

39-40 High East Street, Dorchester, Andrew Weale, 137

Chantry Fields, Gillingham, Wessex Archaeology, 137

Kington Manor Farm, Kington Magna, Jacqueline I McKinley, 137

Lulworth Camp gunnery school, Lulworth, Joe McDermott, 137

Southcombe, Piddletrenthide, Ron Brading, 137

71 Lake Drive, Hamworthy, Poole, Lennard M Anderson, 137

New Quay Road, Hamworthy, Poole, David R Watkins, 137

Customs House, The Quay, Poole, Lennard M Anderson, 137

Proposed new barrackmaster's workshop, RNAS Portland, Ann Woodward and David Tyler, 137-140

Mason's Lodge, Bell Street, Wareham, Steve Wallis, 140

Bestwall Barn, Wareham, Lilian Ladle and Carol O'Hara, 140

10 St John's Hill, Wareham, Lilian Ladle and Carol O'Hara, 140

Sandford Lane, Wareham, Tanya Cottrell, 140

Winterborne Kingston, Michael Heaton, 140

Watching briefs with negative results, 140-141

Finds

Tile fragment from Dorchester, Laurence Keen, 141

Earthenware jars from East Worth and Holtwood, Penny Copland-Griffiths, 141-2

Decorated floor-tile from Sherborne, Laurence Keen, 142

A witch bottle from 1 Grove Lane, Stalbridge, Chris Copson, 142

Shorter Contributions

A medieval site at Bere Regis, David Higgins, 143

Air photographic evidence for settlements at Chescombe, Winterborne Whitechurch, Christopher Sparey-Green, 147

Early record of a barrow excavation on Little Down, Langton Long and Tarrant Rawston and a note on a ring ditch on Race Down, Pimperne, Christopher Sparey-Green, 150

The Mill House, Stour Provost, Dorset, MS Ross, 151

Natural History Reports

Geology - Dorset Geological News, Michael R House, 153

The rediscovery of Creniceras renggeri (Oppel) in the Upper Oxford Clay near Weymouth, Nigel Chapman, 153

Research in progress: Biostratinomic investigations of shell beds in the Purbeck formation, Jon D Radley, 154

Towards a revision of Purbeck insects: Protogryllus, Panorpidium, Pleciomya and Prohousea nom. nov., Ed. A Jarzembowski, 155

A new section in the Rubbly Beds Limestones of the Upper Inferior Oolite (Middle Jurassic; Upper Bajocian) of north Dorset, John Huxtable, 158

Rainfall, DJ Paxman, 158

Botany, David Pearman, 163

Rare and notable lichen and bryophyte records 1995, B Edwards, 164

Marine invertebrates, John Hawthorne, 165

Microlepidoptera report 1994, Phil Sterling, 165

Microlepidoptera report 1995, Phil Sterling, 166

1994 moth records, Peter Davey, 167

1995 moth records, Peter Davey, 168

1994 moth immigration to Dorset and potential sources of origin, Peter Davey, 169

1995 moth immigration to Dorset and potential sources of origin, Peter Davey, 170

Land arthropods, NR Webb, 172

Dorset hoverfly report 1995, ET and DA Levy, 173

Mammals, EM Keats, 174

Water voles on Brownsea Island nature reserve, Kevin Cook, 176

Obituaries

LV Grinsell, 177

Donald Behenna Jeffery, 179

Index, 181